Today I wanted to focus specifically on some of the most important Christian sarcophagi from the time of Constantine. The Spouses' Sarcophagus is an anthropoid painted terracotta sarcophagus in human form found in the ancient Etruscan city of Caere, now Cerveteri, Italy. . The sarcophagus, which would have, Today I wanted to focus specifically on some of the most important Christian sarcophagi dating back to the time of Constantine, give or take a few decades, for your consideration. Our first example is the sarcophagus of Junius Bassus. Bassus lived from 317 AD. He was a senator and member of a noble Roman family. The word “sarcophagus” comes from two Greek words “sarx” and “phagian”. These words mean "flesh eater" when combined with a word sarcophagus. The Egyptians believed that the sarcophagus possessed life and not death. The Ahiram sarcophagus is considered to be the mysterious discovery which,