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Sarcophagus of Helena. The Sarcophagus of Helena is the red porphyry coffin in which Saint Helena, the mother of emperor Constantine the Great, was buried (died 329). The coffin, deprived of its contents for centuries, was removed from the Mausoleum of Helena at Tor Pignatarra, just outside the walled city of Rome.
This style of sarcophagus would cease to be used in Rome by the end of the fourth century, and this sarcophagus of Constantia is a prime example of the style. [25] The sarcophagus is massive with the chest measuring 128 cm or 4 ft 2 3 ⁄ 8 in high, 233 cm or 7 ft 7 1 ⁄ 2 in long, and 157 cm or 5 ft 1 3 ⁄ 4 in wide. [5]
Sarcophagus of Constantina, sculpted around AD 340. Formerly in the Mausoleo di Santa Costanza, part of the complex of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura in Rome, it is now on display at the Museo Pio-Clementino in the Vatican City. Some time before mid 320s, Constantina was born to the emperor Constantine and empress Fausta.
The rest of book 2 ends with the outlining of the religious problems faced by Constantine. Book 3 is largely concerned with Constantine's constructive settlement of the various religious problems. The section includes the only continuous contemporary account of the Council of Nicaea [5] as well as the pilgrimage to Bordeaux. [6]
Egyptian archaeologists on Wednesday pried open a mysterious, 30-ton black sarcophagus, where they found three skeletons.
Page from the Monumenta by Aernout van Buchel (source: The Utrecht Archive). Perhaps his most lengthy work, his diary, or Diarium was first published in 1907 [3] The transcription in Latin is "Commentarius rerum quotidianarum, in quo, praeter itinera diversarum regionum, urbium, oppidorumque situs, antiquitates, principes, instituta, mores, multa eorum quae tam inter publicos quam privatos ...
Experts working in the Tomb of Cerberus in Giugliano, an area in Naples, unsealed a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus. Inside they found the remains of a shockingly well-preserved body lying face-up and ...
"We need to drink the red liquid from the cursed dark sarcophagus in the form of some sort of carbonated energy drink so we can assume its powers." Thousands sign petition to drink red juice from ...