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The stone coffins — massive and elaborate — were hard to miss. Some of the 600-year-old remains found in a sarcophagus at the monastery. Uncover more archaeological finds
The coffin was so heavy in part because it was filled with a substance called white gypsum, which is a mineral used in plaster-making, archaeologists found. Experts place the coffin between 43 A.D ...
A team of archaeologists working on a road upgrade project have uncovered a Roman stone coffin weighing the same as a small caravan. The casket, which weighed 118 stones (750kg), was discovered ...
A stone box grave is a coffin of stone slabs arranged in a rectangular shape, into which a deceased individual was placed. Common materials used for construction of the graves were limestone and shale, both varieties of stone which naturally break into slab-like shapes. The materials for the bottom of the graves often varies.
A sarcophagus (pl.: sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word sarcophagus comes from the Greek σάρξ sarx meaning "flesh", and φαγεῖν phagein meaning "to eat"; hence sarcophagus means "flesh-eating", from the phrase lithos ...
A sarcophagus, which means "flesh-eater" in Greek, is a stone coffin used for inhumation burials. [9] Sarcophagi were commissioned not only for the elite of Roman society (mature male citizens), [10] but also for children, entire families, and beloved wives and mothers.
Researchers found that the central grave contained a stone coffin carved from a single solid block of limestone. The burial in this grave was encased in gypsum before capping stones were placed on ...
Stone lid of Eskilsunakista 02, church of Östra Skrukeby Stone lid of Eskilsunakista 01, church Östra Skrukeby Eskilstunakista ("Eskiltuna coffin") is a Swedish term for early Christian grave monuments found in Sweden , influenced by the Anglo-Saxon tradition where venerated persons were buried in a specially designed stone coffin.