Tag: sarcophagi
Researchers examine Egyptian animal sarcophagi – knowledge
The ancient Egyptians are actually considered to be extremely fond of animals. People kept cats and dogs, as well as birds, monkeys, meerkats and gazelles. Inscriptions on animal sarcophagi reveal…
Medieval sarcophagi unearthed during the BHNS construction site
They are already at about forty burials, including 35 stone sarcophagi. At the end of December, archaeologists from the Bordeaux Métropole preventive archeology center unearthed a High Middle Ages necropolis,…
Puzzle solved for one of the lead sarcophagi discovered
Buried more than a meter underground, in the western part of the crossing of the transept of Notre-Dame de Paris, a lead sarcophagus in the shape of a human silhouette…