Phoenician Kingdom. Northern Lebanon. Sarcophagus. It was ma

Phoenician Kingdom. Northern Lebanon. First millenium BC. Sarcophagus, which is made of marble from the Greek island of Paros, come from such a tomb. It was made by a Greek sculptor or a local craftsman trained in Greek style. Similar sarcophagi have mainly been found in the Royal city of Sidon to the south of Arados an in Phoenician colonies in the Western Mediterranean. 480-450 BC. National Museum of Denmark

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