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An Egyptian sarcophagus, the oldest known, dates…
An Egyptian sarcophagus, the oldest known, dates to around 3000. (The term, derived from two Greek words meaning "flesh-eating," stems—according to the Roman historian Pliny the Elder—from the use, during prehistoric ages as well as in ancient Egypt and Greece, of coffins lined with a type of stone, possessing caustic properties that was believed to consume a corpse in forty days.)
Egyptians notables construct for themselves complex tombs called mastabas, consisting of underground funerary chambers with stone or brick structures above.
Egyptian monuments from about 3000 contain drawings of giant dogs similar to the modern Great Dane.
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The Middle of The Earth
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The Near and Middle East
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