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sarcophagus
[ sahr-kof-uh-guhs ]
noun
- a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- Greek Antiquity. a kind of stone thought to consume the flesh of corpses, used for coffins.
sarcophagus
/ ɑːˈɒəɡə /
noun
- a stone or marble coffin or tomb, esp one bearing sculpture or inscriptions
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sarcophagus1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sarcophagus1
Example Sentences
Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have discovered.
The boy-king's priceless collection is yet to be displayed, but visitors can now see items varying from pharaonic statues to sarcophagi and mummified bodies.
With that, they went to a commercial break, and you could hear the sarcophagus slam shut on Vance’s smiling fascism.
He lives there in a stone-walled house he calls Stargate Manor, a temple of expensive kitsch with its own arboretum, chapel — where George prays to Jesus, Buddha and Mother Nature — and waiting sarcophagus.
About five hours into Ultros, you realize this heady biome is both a sarcophagus and the place of birth for something dark and unknown.
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