sarcophagi
plural ofsarcophagus
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sarcophagi
One enterprising individual spent a night hidden inside one of the museum's ancientsarcophagisimply 'to demonstrate the possibility' of it being done.
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The first, after 30 building focused images, captures an assembly of crosses followed in turn by four 'religious' scenes, clustering saints,sarcophagi, pulpits and so on.
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The excavations for the foundations unearthed several archaeological finds, including somesarcophagi.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The visible 107 metalsarcophagiand five heart urns range in style from puritan plain to exuberant rococo.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Funerary art, such as relief sculpture onsarcophagi, sometimes showed scenes from the deceased's life, including birth or the first bath.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inlays were produced to decorate wooden articles, furniture, chests,sarcophagiand jewellery in combination with other, often precious materials, such as gold leaf or ivory.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One is represented bysarcophagi, placed vertically and located in caves that were excavated at the highest point of precipices.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is shaped like a basilica: twosarcophagistand next to each other, with the third sarcophagus resting on their roof ridges.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The cell was coated within by blocks of travertine and included three niches designed to housesarcophagi.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bodies of the martyrs are kept in four ancientsarcophagiin the crypt.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The underground crypts were connected with tunnels,sarcophagiwere cleaned and refurbished and new ones were funded.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fragments of glass, and tombs withsarcophagiare located in the old village area today.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thesarcophagiwere decorated with bright hues of green, red and white bearing images of their occupants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This way of erectingsarcophagiabove ground is not as common as umqan and cave burials, but it is still widespread.
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