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.
The stone container of a wooden coffin was called a sarcophagus.
A sarcophagus is a stone coffin. A coffin is a box like item where dead people are placed for burial.
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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 coffin and holds the body of the dead. Some are made of a stone like marble, carved the figures, and very decorative. Others can be simple wood. Tut's had an outside stone one and inside was the decorated one with his body.
stone coffin in which wood coffin was placed
sarcophagus
A sarcophagus!!!! The stone coffin in which a wood coffin was placed is a sarcophagus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sarcophagus
Sarcophagus
In a tomb In a tomb.
It was called a sarcophagus (Latin- "flesh eater"), hence the wooden coffin fit inside the stone receptacle.
The stone container of a wooden coffin was called a sarcophagus.
A tomb. One might also think of a sarcophagus, but traditionally the corpse was placed without a wooden casket into the stone sarcophagus.
The stone coffin that encases a wooden coffin is typically referred to as a sarcophagus. Sarcophagi are often made of durable materials like stone or marble and are designed to protect the inner coffin and the remains. They are commonly used in ancient burial practices and can be elaborately decorated with carvings or inscriptions that reflect the deceased's status or beliefs.
A sarcophagus
A sarcophagus.