sarcophagus

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Inside the mind-blowing 2,000-year-old sarcophagus that was just unsealed.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

He’s a top adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who shared a cartoon of Mr. Trump as a crumbling sarcophagus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

In response, the former Soviet Union constructed the sarcophagus over the nuclear reactor.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

The boy king's gold-covered sarcophagus and his burial mask, inlaid with lapis lazuli, will take centre stage at Saturday's opening.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

The journalist didn’t think the Louvre’s security was any good, and to prove it, when the museum closed, he crawled inside the sarcophagus of an Egyptian king and stayed there until the morning.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day