That's the sarcophagus of the Pharaoh.

You remained alone beside the sarcophagus for some time.

Sarcophagus, a stone coffin typically adorned with decorative carvings or inscriptions.

A series of Roman mosaics and a Roman sarcophagus are displayed in the Inquisition Tower.

When those bits of earthenware are broken, the sand will run out and the cover of the sarcophagus will be lowered.

The history of the word sarcophagus is so skin crawlingly grotesque, it seems to come right out of a low budget horror film.

The resources of a huge country were mobilized to control the devastation, including work to prepare the sarcophagus that would encase the fourth reactor.

A study showed that of the 58 people who were present when the tomb and sarcophagus were opened, only eight died within a dozen years.

Air samples taken from inside an unopened sarcophagus through a drilled hole showed high levels of ammonia, formaldehyde and hydrogen sulfide these gases are all toxic, but are easily detected by their strong odours.

Under the plans, an arch shaped confinement with a height of 100 metres and a span of 250 metres will be assembled in a safe area near the site and eventually slid across the old sarcophagus.

The safety of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has long been a matter of concern, for both the three most affected countries and their neighbours, especially given the adverse conditions under which the existing sarcophagus was built.

Etruscans File Banditaccia Sarcofago Degli Sposi.jpg_thumb_The Etruscan Sarcophagus of the Spouses , at the National Etruscan Museum in Italy_alt A sculpture of a woman and man reclining together on a couch, their upper bodies to the right and their legs to the left.

The weapon consists of four stones, representing the four classical elements, and a sarcophagus containing a fifth element in the form of a human, which combines the power of the other four elements into a divine light capable of defeating the evil.

The commemorative events are meant to be complementary, so the Belarus conference will focus on the rehabilitation and socio economic development of Chernobyl affected territories, while the Ukraine conference will cover the issues of decommissioning the Chernobyl nuclear plant and the safety of the sarcophagus.

And then of course there are the pyramids, which aside from remaining impressive to behold represent a remarkable degree of political and social control over the population, because it is not easy to convince people to devote their lives to building a sarcophagus for someone else.