sarcophaguses
Ornate burial containers
Sarcophaguses is the plural of sarcophagus, a stone coffin typically displayed above ground rather than buried.
The term evokes ancient Egypt and classical antiquity, where elaborate sarcophagi housed the remains of pharaohs and nobility.
The Greek-derived plural sarcophagi is equally common: The museum's collection includes several Roman sarcophagi.
Underground chamber for remains
- coffinBurial container for remains
- casketBurial container
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- sepulcherChamber for the dead
mausoleum · vault · grave · catacomb · necropolis · interment · entombment · inhumation
Relating to the pharaohs' land
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
- mummyEmbalmed, wrapped ancient body
- hieroglyphicsSymbolic picture-based writing
- anthropoidResembling higher primates
canopic · Tutankhamun · Roman · Etruscan · Byzantine · Alexandria · limestone · granite
Act of unearthing
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- museumPublic exhibit space
- relicPreserved ancient object
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
discovery · preservation · Egyptology · collection · exhibit · curator · restoration · dating
tomb
Underground chamber for remains
sepulcher · mausoleum · vault · grave · catacomb · necropolis · interment · entombment · inhumation · funerary
Egyptian
Relating to the pharaohs' land
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
- mummyEmbalmed, wrapped ancient body
- hieroglyphicsSymbolic picture-based writing
anthropoid · canopic · Tutankhamun · Roman · Etruscan · Byzantine · Alexandria · limestone · granite · marble
excavation
Act of unearthing
antiquity · discovery · preservation · Egyptology · collection · exhibit · curator · restoration · dating · inscription
sarcophagusespine boxes
Inexpensive wooden coffins
unmarked graves · shrouds · burial shrouds · winding sheets · mass graves
sarcophagusesash scattering
Distributing cremated remains outdoors
sky burials · cremation urns · sea burials · unmarked graves · mass graves