Originally, a sarcophagus is a stone receptacle for human remains.
In modern times, the term "sarcophagus" is often used as a synonym for a very expensive casket.
Thus, the National Casket Company of Boston manufactured for example a model made of cast bronze which it called the "Sarcophagus".
A sarcophagus!!!! The stone coffin in which a wood coffin was placed is a sarcophagus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A synonym for the word "sarcophagus" is "coffin."
A Sarcophagus
Thet are called sarcophagi.
Sarcophagus looks like a coffin, but sarcophagus have faces and are painted with bright beautiful colors. Some of them are covered in gold if they were kings.
The Egyptians sarcophagus often contained a coffin and an inner coffin known as a mummy board. Both the sarcophagus and the coffin could be very plain or extremely ornate.
sarcophagus
It is a sarcophagus.
A sarcophagus is a stone coffin. A coffin is a box like item where dead people are placed for burial.
The stone container of a wooden coffin was called a sarcophagus.
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