Initially sarcophagus were made of limestone. And they thought it helped in decomposing the flesh. Before great pyramids were made sarcophagus was used.
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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.
A sarcophagus is a stone coffin. A coffin is a box like item where dead people are placed for burial.
tomb
first of all, the correct way to say it is who is in the sarcophagus. The sarcophagus is a coffin or something to put dead (or alive if your a torturer) people in, that was used in ancient Egypt (and sometimes now for a special occasion).
So that the dead people would have clothes in the afterlife.
Initially sarcophagus were made of limestone. And they thought it helped in decomposing the flesh. Before great pyramids were made sarcophagus was used.
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so they can put the body in it
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.
A sarcophagus is a stone coffin. A coffin is a box like item where dead people are placed for burial.
sarcophagus
Depending on wealth, a series of coffins, then a sarcophagus, then a tomb.
The sarcophagus was constructed in ancient Egypt around 7,500 to 5,000 years ago. It was used for people like the Pharaoh and other important people.
The mummy is placed in a ceremonial coffin called a sarcophagus, which is then stored in a tomb. The most important tombs (such as those of the pharaohs) are enclosed inside of pyramids and other grand structures.
Egyptian people invented sarcophaguses.