A WOODEN SARCOPHAGUS EMERGES FROM THE SAND AT ABYDOS AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN 3 MILLENNIA BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE EGYPTIAN PLATEAU

Sarcophagus

August 2, 2023 - The word also came to refer to a particular kind of limestone that was thought to rapidly facilitate the decomposition of the flesh of corpses contained within it due to the chemical properties of the limestone itself.