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Example sentences for: funerary
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Draped over an empty chair, the subject's expressive hands could be playing the piano or summoning up the ghost of her recently deceased father, whose stacks of papers and Egyptian funerary art hem her in.
Surrounded by statues, carvings, and incense burners, here the faithful make their devotions and check their fortunes, and traditional funerary displays give a cheerful send-off to the recently departed.
The simple, rounded female figures were funerary or religious objects and are in total contrast to the intricate pediment and frieze carvings and religious statuary found at temples on the Acropolis and in the Acropolis Museum.
The Shaanxi Provincial Museum (Shaanxi Shengbowuguan), occupying the 14th-century grounds of the Temple to Confucius, holds a rich store of art works and rare artifacts: funerary figurines, traditional paintings, ancient household equipment, and huge bronzes masterfully cast 3,000 years ago.
Major figures from Greek history, including Pericles, were buried here and their funerary artifacts are some of the most exquisite items found during excavations around the city.
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