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Or in a sacrophagus hidden in a burial chamber located far beneath the Washington Cathedral accessible only through two of the bathroom tiles in the Air and Space Museum and then by a slow tedious crawl through a tunnel lined with spiders and snakes opening into an odd vault with slightly slippery steps armed with traps and -- no, I so do not watch too many movies.
Blink. mariness 2006
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Another known, but unfortunately no longer extant, memorial was the marble sacrophagus which contained her remains, under Paul I translated to St. Peter's.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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We learn, however, from extant sixteenth-century notices concerning this sacrophagus that the first word was Aur.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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In the account of this in the "Liber Pontificalis" (ed. Duchesne, I, 466) the inscription carved on the sacrophagus is given thus: Aureae
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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An international financial assistance group led by the US government in 1999 promised Ukraine some 700 million dollars in assistance in repairing the Chernobyl containment structure, known in Ukraine as "The sacrophagus", in exchange for a switch-off of a second still-functional reactor at the station.
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King Tut's tomb near the entrance to the entrance to the tomb of Ramses VI and was the first person to enter it and to find the sacrophagus of Tutankhamun.
WN.com - Articles related to Egypt tests DNA from fetuses in Tut's tomb 2010
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Mr Carter found King Tut's tomb near the entrance to the entrance to the tomb of Ramses VI and was the first person to enter it and to find the sacrophagus of Tutankhamun.
WN.com - Articles related to Egypt tests DNA from fetuses in Tut's tomb 2010
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King Tut's tomb near the entrance to the entrance to the tomb of Ramses VI and was the first person to enter it and to find the sacrophagus of Tutankhamun.
WN.com - Articles related to Tutankhamun – the secrets of the tomb go online 2010
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Mr Carter found King Tut's tomb near the entrance to the entrance to the tomb of Ramses VI and was the first person to enter it and to find the sacrophagus of Tutankhamun.
WN.com - Articles related to Tutankhamun – the secrets of the tomb go online 2010
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