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series: meta;55
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| 'As an art form the sarcophagus had oriental, ancient Egyptian, and Etruscan antecedents.' — source : that is to say, not greek : 'Often shaped like a house with a pitched roof, it provided a dwelling place for the deceased and implied beliefs about the hereafter rather different from those held by the Greeks. But it was to become the predominant art form in funerary sculpture from the late fourth century BC through the Hellenistic and Roman eras right down to early Christian times' : and today we still have coffins and tombstones : but this was the important moment again when the magic was lost : it was buried |  |
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