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Details from the sarcophagus of Arvi or Pashley sarcophagus: marble sarcophagus with relief showing the triumphal return of Dionysus, discovered in Arvi, Heraklion province, and taken to Britain by Robert Pashley, today housed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Roman sarcophagus with reliefs at the court of the church of Hagios Dimitrios, Mystras.

Ancient Greek inscription from Delos island. 2, 3. Plan and section, possibly of the Prytaneion, Delos island. 4. Fragment of sarcophagus from Delos island.

1. Funerary stele seen by the author at the Kapodistrias Museum on Aegina island. 2. Clay figurine seen by the author at the same museum. 3. Decorative feature of sarcophagus seen by the author at the same museum.

Ancient ruins and sarcophagi at Assos, Asia Minor.

Inscriptions and funeral monuments from Telmessus and Myra, Asia Minor.

Murals from the columbarium tomb of the family of Lucius Arruntius, counsel to Augustus, near Porta Maggiore, Rome.

Plan of the church and mausoleum of Santa Costanza, Rome.

Elevation and plan of Roman mausoleum, Rome.

Plan of mausoleum, possibly of the family of emperor Severus Alexander.

Section of mausoleum, considered to belong to the family of Alexander Severus.

The sarcophagus of emperor Severus Alexander and his mother Julia Avita Mamaea, which is kept today at the Capitoline museum, Rome.

Decorative features from the sarcophagus of emperor Alexander Severus and his mother Julia Mamaea (today at the Capitoline museum, Rome).

Decorative features from the sarcophagus of emperor Alexander Severus and his mother Julia Mamaea (today at the Capitoline museum, Rome).

Inscriptions and reliefs from the catacombs of Saint Sebastian, Rome.

Roman sarcophagi and urns found close to Villa Corsini, Rome.

Map of the Appian Way, Rome, with sections of monumental tombs.

The so-called “Mausoleo a Piramide” on the Appian Way, Rome.

The porphyry sarcophagus of Saint Helena, today at the Vatican museum.

Fragments of urns and sarcophagi from crematorium and columbarium of the Augustan era on the Appian Way, Rome.

Inscriptions and sarcophagi fragments from crematorium and columbarium of the Augustan era on the Appian Way, Rome.

Urn inscriptions from crematorium and columbarium of the Augustan era on the Appian Way, Rome.

Instrument used to lift marble blocks, called the Ulivella and used during the Roman era.

The Gate of Persecution at Ephesus. At the top of the arch, spolia of ancient sarcophagus.

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