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Definition
a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
- She marched straight up to the sarcophagus and pushed aside the golden lid.Chapter 13 (32% in)
sarcophagus = a coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
(editor's note: Such coffins are generally made of stone, but in this book there is one made of gold.)
(editor's note: Such coffins are generally made of stone, but in this book there is one made of gold.)
- A sarcophagus, engraved with Ancient Greek scenes of cities in flames and heroes dying grisly deaths.Chapter 9 (32% in)
- Luke pointed to the gold sarcophagus.Chapter 9 (75% in)
- Then it hit me, what might be inside the sarcophagus.Chapter 9 (75% in)
- Kronos's golden sarcophagus glowed faintly-the only source of light in the room.Chapter 13 (24% in)
- The girl screamed as the sarcophagus engulfed her in a blast of a golden light.Chapter 13 (34% in)
- I thought about my dream of the girl and the golden sarcophagus.Chapter 13 (97% in)
There are no more uses of "sarcophagus" in The Sea of Monsters.
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