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sarcophagus

noun as in casket

noun as in coffin

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Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have discovered.

From BBC

The boy-king's priceless collection is yet to be displayed, but visitors can now see items varying from pharaonic statues to sarcophagi and mummified bodies.

From BBC

With that, they went to a commercial break, and you could hear the sarcophagus slam shut on Vance’s smiling fascism.

From Salon

He lives there in a stone-walled house he calls Stargate Manor, a temple of expensive kitsch with its own arboretum, chapel — where George prays to Jesus, Buddha and Mother Nature — and waiting sarcophagus.

About five hours into Ultros, you realize this heady biome is both a sarcophagus and the place of birth for something dark and unknown.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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