On the National Egyptian Virtual tour website, it says that the higher in society you were when you died, the more layers there were. King Tuthankamen had several, three coffins and four outer cases. Most families could afford two coffins, an outermost and an innermost coffin for their deceased loved one.
There are 3 layers in a sarcophagus. :)
Sarcophagus looks like a coffin, but sarcophagus have faces and are painted with bright beautiful colors. Some of them are covered in gold if they were kings.
Thet are called sarcophagi.
The sarcophagus is an unburied coffin usually kept in a tomb, mausoleum, or similar sanctified site.
sarcophagus
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.
It weighs 3,000 pounds because of all the layers of gold.
Sarcophagus, or sarcophagi in the plural, is the term generally used to describe the final resting place of ancient Egyptian burial ceremonies. They were designed to remain above ground, thus their extremely decorative carvings. At times, some sarcophagi may actually contain several layers of coffins between the outer shell of the sarcophagus and the corpse of the person buried therein. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcophagus
The antonym for sarcophagus is likely "living" or "alive," as a sarcophagus is typically associated with death and burial.
A Sarcophagus
A sarcophagus!!!! The stone coffin in which a wood coffin was placed is a sarcophagus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A synonym for the word "sarcophagus" is "coffin."
Sarcophagus looks like a coffin, but sarcophagus have faces and are painted with bright beautiful colors. Some of them are covered in gold if they were kings.
Initially sarcophagus were made of limestone. And they thought it helped in decomposing the flesh. Before great pyramids were made sarcophagus was used.
The physical characteristics of a sarcophagus are stone, colorful, ans ancient.
The archaeologists uncovered a well-preserved sarcophagus dating back to ancient Egypt during their excavation.
there are many layers
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