* in the Phoenician: Ahiram sarcophagus inscription, sarcophagus of Eshmunazar, Kilamuwa inscription, the Byblos inscription

On 8 June 1979 Pope John Paul II prayed at her sarcophagus ; and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments officially affirmed her beatification on 8 August 1986.

Following his beatification, his sarcophagus was placed under the Altar of St. Sebastian in the basilica's Chapel of St. Sebastian, where it remained until 8 April 2011 when it was moved to make way for the remains of Blessed Pope John Paul II ( 1978 – 2005 ) to be relocated to the basilica from the grotto beneath St. Peter's in honor of his beatification and in order to make his resting place more accessible to the public.

It was part of a collection of ancient Egyptian monuments captured from the French expedition, including a sarcophagus of Nectanebo II ( EA 10 ), the statue of a high priest of Amun ( EA 81 ) and a large granite fist ( EA 9 ).

Seven centuries later, Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany donated a new marble sarcophagus to the mausoleum.

In AD 1855, the sarcophagus of King Eshmun ’ azar II was discovered.

In December 2011, the researchers applied for permission to open the neighbouring sarcophagus, which has hitherto been presumed to contain the bones of a later king, Carl II.

Ptolemy II later transferred the sarcophagus to Alexandria, where a royal tomb was constructed for its burial.

* Photo of the sarcophagus of Pacal II

The little town was transformed by the well-published discovery, 12 December 1279, in the crypt of Saint-Maximin, of a sarcophagus that was proclaimed to be the tomb of Mary Magdalene, signalled by miracles and by the ensuing pilgrim-drawing cult of Mary Magdalene and Saint Maximin, that was assiduously cultivated by Charles II of Anjou, King of Naples.

Dodson concludes that while one may argue Shoshenq III erected the wall to hide Osorkon II's sarcophagus, it made no sense for Shoshenq to create such an elaborate relief if Takelot II had really intervened between him and Osorkon II at Tanis for 25 years unless Shoshenq III was Osorkon II's immediate successor.

It revealed that Osorkon II was buried in a massive granite sarcophagus with a lid carved from a Ramesside era statue.

Pope John Paul II asked that his burial be like that of Pope Paul VI, not in an elaborate sarcophagus and ornate above-ground tomb, but in " bare earth ".

During his time in Egypt he accumulated a collection of Egyptian artifacts, notably the head of Ramesses II from the Ramesseum, which he presented to the British Museum, and the sarcophagus box of Ramesses III which was bought by the Louvre in Paris.

* Amenhotep II ( the original tomb owner found in his original sarcophagus )

Queen Margrethe II has chosen St Birgitte's Chapel as the future burial site for herself and the Prince Consort, with a double sarcophagus created by artist Bjørn Nørgaard.

* March-Victor Loret discovers Amenhotep II's mummy in his KV35 tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings within the original sarcophagus, together with a mummy cache containing several New Kingdom Pharaohs including Thutmose IV, Seti II and Ramesses III, IV and VI.

A cartouche on the red outer sarcophagus shows that it had originally been made for Pharaoh Merenptah, the nineteenth dynasty successor of Ramesses II.

The type species, A. sarcophagus, was apparently restricted in range to the modern-day Canadian province of Alberta, after which the genus is named.

The only object in the King's Chamber is a rectangular granite " sarcophagus ", one corner of which is broken.

The sarcophagus is slightly larger than the Ascending Passage, which indicates that it must have been placed in the Chamber before the roof was put in place.

1515, probably based on a drawing by Raphael, and using a composition derived from a Roman sarcophagus, was a highly influential treatment, which made Paris's Phrygian cap an attribute in most later versions.

This time she was reburied in a sarcophagus paid for by Karol Lanckoroński, which had been sculpted in white marble in 1902 by Antoni Madeyski.

On display next to the sarcophagus are the modest wooden orb and scepter with which the queen had been buried – she had sold her jewels to finance the renovation of the Kraków Academy, known today as Jagiellonian University.

A new sarcophagus with an effigy was made for him in 1232, in which his remains now rest.

Subsequently his remains were sent back to the Cretans, who placed them in a sarcophagus, on which was inscribed: " The tomb of Minos, the son of Zeus.

However when excavating the Catacomb of Callixtus Italian archaeologist Giovanni de Rossi uncovered the lid of a sarcophagus which suggested that Pope Urban was in fact buried there.

The monument, which was designed and sculpted by Pierre-Étienne Monnot, features the pope seated upon the throne above a sarcophagus with a base-relief showing the liberation of Vienna from the Turks by John III Sobieski, flanked by two allegorical figures representing Faith and Fortitude.

In the debris around the grave, fragments of black and white marble were found, which were linked to Robert the Bruce ’ s recorded purchase of a marble sarcophagus.

His remains were returned to Fulda, where they rest in a sarcophagus which became a site of pilgrimage.

A similar belief may be guessed from the Mycenean Hagia Triada sarcophagus ( 1400 BC ), which combines features of Minoan civilization and Mycenean style.

The tomb of William I of Sicily ( the founder's father ), a magnificent porphyry sarcophagus contemporary with the church, under a marble pillared canopy, and the founder William II's tomb, erected in 1575, were both shattered by a fire, which in 1811 broke out in the choir, injuring some of the mosaics, and destroying all the fine walnut choir-fittings, the organs, and most of the choir roof.

Above his sarcophagus, made of marble, there is a black stone on which is inscribed:

Some historians hold that, during the persecutions, the Eucharist was celebrated among the tombs in the Catacombs of Rome, using the sarcophagi ( see sarcophagus ) of martyrs as altars on which to celebrate.

On the west side of the burial chamber is a false door and a huge granite block on which once stood the sarcophagus of the king.

Instead of the tower room, a smaller room at the north entrance, which was a children's museum, would house an Italian-style sarcophagus.

A brief liberation of the city under the rebel-king Khababash ( 338 to 335 BCE ) is evinced by an Apis bull sarcophagus bearing his name, which was discovered at Saqqara dating from his second year.

The Phoenician inscription on the sarcophagus of King Eshmunʿazar of Sidon ( 5th century ) relates ( ANET, p. 662 ): " Furthermore, the Lord of Kings gave us Dor and Joppa, the mighty lands of Dagon, which are in the Plain of Sharon, in accordance with the important deeds which I did.

His adventure among the tombs is described in terms that suggest Christ ’ s “ harrowing of Hell ” and resurrection: he effortlessly lifts the lid off the sarcophagus, which bears an inscription foretelling his freeing of the captives.

Aschaffenburg's chief buildings are the Schloss Johannisburg, built 1605 – 1614 by Archbishop Schweikard von Kronberg, which contains a library with a number of incunabula, a collection of engravings and paintings ; the Pompejanum, a replica of a Roman town house discovered in Pompeii commissioned by King Ludwig I. and opened in 1850 ; the Stiftskirche basilica, founded in 974 by Otto of Swabia, duke of Bavaria, but dating in the main from the early 12th century on, in which are preserved various monuments by the Vischers, a sarcophagus with the relics of Saint Margaret, and a famous painting by Matthias Grünewald ; the Capuchin hospital ; a theatre, which was formerly a house of the Teutonic Order ; several mansions of the nobility ; and the beautiful, historical " Altstadt " ( the oldest section of Aschaffenburg ).

The oldest text in Phoenician script is an inscription on the sarcophagus of King Ahiram.

The original black marble sarcophagus collapsed at Burg Hohenzollern — the current one is a copper copy.

Unlike the fine masonry of the walls of the Chamber, the sarcophagus is roughly finished, with saw marks visible in several places.

His sarcophagus is listed as standing in a " stoa " there by Constantine Porphyrogenitus.

Today a sarcophagus of porphyry is identified as his and stands in the grounds of the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul.

The sarcophagus is oriented with Jadwiga's feet pointing west, unlike all the other sarcophagi in the cathedral.

It is noteworthy that during the reconstruction of Saint Peter's Basilica, Urban's remains were almost dumped out to be destroyed so his sarcophagus could be used to water horses.

The use of a wreath around the Chi Rho symbolizes the victory of the Resurrection over death, and is an early visual representations of the connection between the Crucifixion of Jesus and his triumphal resurrection, as seen in the 4th century sarcophagus of Domitilla in Rome.

Sha ' uri is killed in the battle, but Jackson using a dead guard's wrist-mechanism activates the ring transporter and resurrects her in Ra's sarcophagus.

The sarcophagus is now in the National Museum in Wroclaw.

His sarcophagus is in a niche on the south side of the main body of the cathedral overlooking the Martirievskii Porch.

He is depicted in an early twentieth century fresco above the sarcophagus and on a new ephigial icon on top of the sarcophagus.

During a major excavation in 1900 his sarcophagus was relocated from his original resting place in front of the altar to the crypt, where it is still visible today along with those of seven of his successors.

It is a true open-air museum, with Roman and medieval pillars, sarcophagi depicting the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the other the rape of Proserpina, a fourteenth-century sarcophagus and fragments of the façade of the Duomo.

The main altar is made of a 4th sarcophagus found in 1609.

On this sarcophagus, the birth of the god Dionysus is depicted.

29 ) refers to Antigone placing the body of Polynices on the funeral pyre, and this is also depicted on a sarcophagus in the Villa Doria Pamphili in Rome.

The small sarcophagus for Newton is placed at the lower pole of the sphere.

The effect by night, when the sarcophagus is illuminated by the starlight coming through the holes in the vaulting.