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The limestone sarcophagus is thought to have been that of Saint Nicholas - the real-life inspiration behind Santa Claus.
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This depiction of a woman on the lid of a 3,500-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus looks rather familiar.
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More than 20 people who excavated King Tutankhamun's tomb in the 1920s later died young from a range of maladies.
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The coffin was unexpectedly discovered in the bowels of the cathedral following the devastating fire.
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Archaeologists have unearthed the mummy of a 17th-dynasty teenager in the Egyptian city of Luxor.
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Scientists have started to slowly unravel the mystery of three skeletons found buried in a massive granite coffin.
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A petition has been launched to encourage people to drink the water from a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus.
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The contents of a mysterious giant-sized coffin discovered in Alexandria have finally been revealed.
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The huge black granite sarcophagus was unearthed in Alexandria and nobody yet knows what's inside it.
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Archaeologists working near Borough Market have discovered a coffin dating back over 1,600 years.
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Archaeologists have uncovered a stone sarcophagus thought to contain someone 'terribly important'.