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For example, a wooden sarcophagus from Dynasty 22 (945-740 BCE) will be on view for the first time in more than 100 years.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Both sarcophagi would have been inside an even larger stone sarcophagus, the source of the granite fragment Payraudeau discovered.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 10 June 2024
Later, the coffin was stolen, the alabaster sarcophagus was shattered by looters and the granite sarcophagus—from which the fragment in question originated—was reused by Menkheperre.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2024
Check out the golden sarcophagus of Priest Nedjemankh.
—Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Both sarcophagi would have been inside an even larger stone sarcophagus, the source of the granite fragment Payraudeau discovered.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 10 June 2024
Later, the coffin was stolen, the alabaster sarcophagus was shattered by looters and the granite sarcophagus—from which the fragment in question originated—was reused by Menkheperre.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2024
Check out the golden sarcophagus of Priest Nedjemankh.
—Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
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“Sarcophagus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sarcophagus. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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