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Recent Examples of sarcophagus
But Wegner points out that the raiders also took all the treasures—including the king’s mummy and sarcophagus—from the tomb, leaving it bereft of clues to help archaeologists track down the king’s identity.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Rotting Flesh and the Skeleton Underneath Eggers wanted the audience almost to smell the rotting flesh when the sarcophagus is flipped open.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
Plot details are being kept in the sarcophagus but it is understood that Costa and Reynor are playing a married couple, who along with their daughter, cross paths with mummy dearest.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
What would protect the already unstable sarcophagus while that work was carried out?
—Kim Barker, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Rotting Flesh and the Skeleton Underneath Eggers wanted the audience almost to smell the rotting flesh when the sarcophagus is flipped open.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
Plot details are being kept in the sarcophagus but it is understood that Costa and Reynor are playing a married couple, who along with their daughter, cross paths with mummy dearest.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
What would protect the already unstable sarcophagus while that work was carried out?
—Kim Barker, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sarcophagus
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What struck me wasn’t her quiet courage—but the revelation that only men are permitted in the outer circle surrounding the Pope’s casket.—
Angela S. Mattie,
Hartford Courant,
6 May 2025
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His office was filled with the artifacts that people left behind in their cars: a high school diploma, a Little League uniform, an American flag that had been draped over a casket at a military funeral.—
Eli Saslow,
New York Times,
4 May 2025
Noun
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New research on the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak puts another nail in the lab leak theory’s coffin.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
7 May 2025
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The pontiff was interred at the basilica on Saturday, after his wooden coffin was driven through the streets of Rome on the popemobile, passing the Colosseum and thousands of mourners on its way.—
Rosa Rahimi,
CNN Money,
27 Apr. 2025
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Pharaoh's tomb discovered by archaeologists in Egypt Dr. Josef Wegner, Penn Museum curator who is based in Philadelphia, recently uncovered a groundbreaking discovery: an unknown pharaoh's tomb, dating back 3,600 years.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2025
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Earlier Sunday, Leo celebrated a private Mass near the tomb of St. Peter.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2025
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“Sarcophagus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sarcophagus. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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