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20: 28: 86:, when they took the form of ceramic coffers designed to imitate wooden chests, perhaps on the pattern of Egyptian linen chests. They were richly decorated with abstract patterns, 149: 97:, larnakes, in the form of small terracotta sarcophagi, became popular, some of which were painted in similar styles to contemporary 212: 185: 124:, the leader of the archaeological excavation, posited that the larnax most likely contained the remains of King 19: 207: 104:
In a few special cases, larnakes appear to have been made out of precious materials, as in the
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as a container for human remains—either a corpse (bent back on itself) or
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Late Minoan III larnax from Kavrochori, Archaeological Museum of Heraklion
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The first larnakes appeared in the Minoan period of the
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golden larnax
Philip II of Macedon
Vergina
Ancient Greek
Minoan civilization
Ancient Greece
cremated ashes
Aegean civilization
octopuses
Hellenistic period
Greek vases
4th century BC example
Vergina
Macedonia
Vergina Sun
Manolis Andronikos
Philip II of Macedon
Alexander the Great
"Met Timeline | Larnax (chest-shaped coffin)"
the original
The Finds from the Royal Tombs at Vergina
ISBN
978-0-85672-204-2
Categories
Death customs
Archaeological artefact types

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