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A coffin so judgmental it's named after flesh-eating stone.
means A stone coffin, often carved or inscribed, used to hold and display a body in burial.
from From Greek 'sarkophagos,' literally 'flesh-eating,' combining 'sarx' (flesh) with 'phagein' (to eat). The name came from a specific type of limestone the Greeks believed would hasten the decomposition of corpses placed in it — so the stone itself was thought to consume the body. The term later broadened from that one 'flesh-eating' rock to any carved stone coffin.
- etymology
- greek for flesh-eater, from the limestone used
- the stone
- believed to dissolve corpses within weeks
- scale
- some weighed over 70 tons, carved for kings
- modern use
- chernobyl's reactor cover is also called this