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A vault. Some states require one in addition to a wooden or cardboard casket to prevent erosion once the wood or other type casket starts to degrade. There are "Green cemetaries/burials where natural wood or fiber materials are used.
A stone coffin from the Egyptian pyramids is called a Sarcophagus.
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Stone coffin in which wood coffin was placed in ancient Egypt?
The stone container of a wooden coffin was called a sarcophagus.
A framework of wood or metal placed on a coffin or tomb of the deceased?
Hearse
Meaning of sarcophagus?
A sarcophagus is a stone coffin. A coffin is a box like item where dead people are placed for burial.
How was sarcophagus used by Egyptians?
They put the mummified dead into a coffin made of wood (sometimes into several coffins), which were richly decorated, and the coffin (or coffins) was put into a sarcophagus which was made of stone.
What was the purpose of innermost coffin of Tutankhamen?
The purpose of the innermost coffin of Tutankhamun was to house and protect his mummified body. It was made of solid gold and intricately decorated, symbolizing the wealth and power of the pharaoh. The coffin also served a religious function, ensuring the safe passage of the pharaoh's soul into the afterlife.
What was the coffin in which the wood coffin was placed placed?
stone coffin in which wood coffin was placed
What is a stone coffin in which a wood coffin was placed?
sarcophagus
Stone coffin in which wood coffin was placed?
A sarcophagus!!!! The stone coffin in which a wood coffin was placed is a sarcophagus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is the name of the stone coffin in which wood coffin was placed in?
Sarcophagus
What is it called when a stone coffin in which a wood coffin was placed?
Sarcophagus
What was stone coffin was placed in the wood?
In a tomb In a tomb.
In ancient Egypt what was a stone coffin in which a wood coffin was placed?
It was called a sarcophagus (Latin- "flesh eater"), hence the wooden coffin fit inside the stone receptacle.
Stone coffin in which wood coffin was placed in ancient Egypt?
The stone container of a wooden coffin was called a sarcophagus.
What is a stone coffin in which wood coffins were placed?
A tomb. One might also think of a sarcophagus, but traditionally the corpse was placed without a wooden casket into the stone sarcophagus.
What is a stone coffin made with wood?
A sarcophagus
What is the stone coffin called that the mummy's case was placed into?
A sarcophagus.
Wood or stone place of a coffin of a deceased person?
it is a hearse.
