Sarcophagi or Stelai: Delving into funerary rituals in ancient Levant

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Sarcophagi or Stelai: Delving into funerary rituals in ancient Levant

AMMAN — A sarcophagus (plural “sarcophagi” or “sarcophaguses”) is a coffin commonly carved in stone and displayed above ground.  During the ancient times, rich individuals were buried in sarcophagi within the territory of Transjordan and the sarcophagi represented monuments with funerary portraits, either carved in the round on lids or in relief on the short or long sides of the coffins.  Sarcophagi became trendier after the Roman occupation of…