Amesbury Sarcophagus, Salisbury Museum, Salisbury

Amesbury Sarcophagus, a Roman stone sarcophagus from the 3rd century AD, discovered by Wessex Archeology in 2007 during the excavation of a large Roman cemetery near Boscombe Down, Amesbury, in the Salisbury Museum, housing archaeological collections from Stonehenge and other local sites from prehistory to the present day, in The King's House, Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The sarcophagus contained the remains of a woman holding a young child in her arms. The use of a stone sarcophagus was rare and reserved only for people of importance. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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