Sarcophagus
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This one’s interesting, given that we were pondering the origins of that sarcophagus in the sea near Antalya t’other day … from the Local: A Roman sarcophagus, believed to have been excavated illegally from an archaeological site close to Turkey’s Antalya, has been seized by authorities from a Swiss warehouse, a customs official said on…
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Here’s one that’s been in my box for a while, and there haven’t been any followups, alas … from Hurriyet: A sarcophagus covered with figures depicting Eros and Medusa and believed to date from the Roman period has been found in the sea near the location of the ancient city of Justinianopolis, in the southern…
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I don’t know why this happens to me so often … I take a break from my news feed to run some errands and then I get a notice via Twitter from the folks at Biblical Archaeology Review pointing me to an article with the headline screaming: Has the Sarcophagus of Paris, Prince of Troy,…
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