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The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus gives insight into 14th century BC Minoan burial practices, depicting offerings and sacrifices, as well as goddesses and griffins.
More than 3,000 years before the Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean, another famous ship wrecked in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern shores of Uluburun in present-day Turkey carrying tons of rare metal. Since its discovery in 1982,.
Sarcophagi are usually displayed above the ground so are often elaborately decorated, carved, or inscribed. Here we showcase 20 impressive, ancient sarcophagi.