Example sentences for: sarcophagus

How can you use “sarcophagus” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In the interior, left of the center nave, notice an 11th-century pulpit standing on a Christian sarcophagus of the Roman era.

  • A splendid Red granite sarcophagus has pride of place in the Tomb of Horemheb.

  • Steep, narrow tunnels lead to a tiny funerary chamber furnished by a simple granite sarcophagus.

  • As you descend look for images of over 700 deities decorating the walls before reaching the chamber with its finely carved red sandstone sarcophagus; a royal cartouche (hieroglyphic name plate) above the lintel heralds your arrival.

  • The Great Navigator himself is interred nearby, in the ornate 19th-century sarcophagus by the south entrance.


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