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The Alexander Sarcophagus is a richly carved 4th-century BC tomb from Sidon, named for battle scenes showing Alexander the Great.
The Sarcophagus of the Spouses is a 6th-century BC Etruscan terracotta coffin showing a reclining married couple at a banquet.
The Tomb of Philip II gold larnax is a 4th-century BC Macedonian burial chest from Vergina, often linked to Alexander's father.
The Book of the Dead of Ani is an illustrated funerary papyrus made for the Theban scribe Ani around 1250 BCE, now in the British Museum.
The Mask of Agamemnon is a gold funerary mask excavated by Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae in 1876, though it predates Agamemnon's era.
The Dipylon Amphora is a monumental Greek Geometric funerary vase from Athens, made around 760 BC for a grave marker.
Gebelein Man is a naturally mummified Predynastic Egyptian man from about 3400 BC, with CT evidence suggesting he died from a stab wound.
Ginger is the informal name once used for the first Gebelein mummy, a red-haired Predynastic Egyptian body displayed at the British Museum since 1901.
