Alternate words for sarcofagus are:
Coffin and Casket.
A synonym for the word "sarcophagus" is "coffin."
coffin
The mummy rose from the sarcophagus. The sargophagus was strangely empty.
pyramid, sarcophagus
Sarcophagus, it literally means flesh eater, applied to stone coffins or coffin receptacles in more modern mausoleums.
A synonym for the word "sarcophagus" is "coffin."
Coffin.
coffin
Yes. The word sarcophagus refers to burial containers (other than mere coffins). The word is from the Latin meaning "flesh consumer."
If you are beginning a sentence with the word "sarcophagus," then yes capitalize it. But if you are just using the word in a sentence, then I say it shouldn't be capitalized. (If you look at the website from Wikipedia about sarcophagi, then you will see why proof).
The mummy rose from the sarcophagus. The sargophagus was strangely empty.
Alternate is not a compound word.
It is a phony sarcophagus.
He was placed in a sarcophagus.
pyramid, sarcophagus
Sarcophagus, it literally means flesh eater, applied to stone coffins or coffin receptacles in more modern mausoleums.
The likely word is "sarcophagus" (burial receptacle that holds a coffin).