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  2. Sarcophagus - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Crypt - Wikipedia

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    A crypt (from Greek κρύπτη (kryptē) crypta "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins , sarcophagi , or religious relics . Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a church, such as at the Abbey of Saint-Germain en Auxerre , but were later located ...

  4. List of inscriptions in biblical archaeology - Wikipedia

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    Shabaka Stone: 1.15: The "Memphite Theology" 4–6: The Theology of Memphis: 1.17: Coffin Texts Spell 1130: 7–8: All Men Created Equal in Opportunity: Book of the Dead: 1.18: Book of the Dead 175: 9–10: The Primeval Establishment of Order: Coffin Texts: 1.19: Coffin Text 157: 10: The Mythological Origin of Certain Unclean Animals: 1.21: The ...

  5. Ancient Roman sarcophagi - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Gabbatha - Wikipedia

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    Lithostrōtos (lit. ' stone pavement ', from lithos ‘stone’ and strōtos στρωτός ‘covered’) [1] occurs in the Bible only once, in John 19:13. [2] [3] It states that Pontius Pilate "brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat, in the place that is called Lithostrotos, and in Hebrew Gabbatha."

  7. Gabriel's Revelation - Wikipedia

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    A detail of the Gabriel Revelation Stone on display in the Israel Museum (fair use full view).. Gabriel's Revelation, also called Hazon Gabriel (the Vision of Gabriel) [1] or the Jeselsohn Stone, [2] is a stone tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew text written in ink, containing a collection of short prophecies written in the first person.

  8. What Are the Orb and Sceptre? Objects Adorning the ... - AOL

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    In addition to the orb and sceptre, the monarch’s coffin will also be adorned with the State Crown, worn by rulers after their coronations and used at the State Openings of parliament.

  9. Gravestone - Wikipedia

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    The stele (plural: stelae), as it is called in an archaeological context, is one of the oldest forms of funerary art. Originally, a tombstone was the stone lid of a stone coffin, or the coffin itself, and a gravestone was the stone slab (or ledger stone) that was laid flat over a grave. Now, all three terms ("stele", "tombstone" or "gravestone ...