basalt sarcophagus of Menkaure

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The basalt sarcophagus of Menkaure was an elaborately carved stone coffin belonging to the Fourth Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Menkaure, once housed in his pyramid at Giza and now famous for having been lost at sea in the 19th century.


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shipwreck of the Beatrice
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