Royal necropolis of Ayaa
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royal-necropolis-of-ayaa-187-3954900
title:
Royal necropolis of Ayaa
text:
The royal necropolis of Ayaa was a group of two hypogea housing a total of 21 sarcophagi of kings and nobles of the city of Sidon, a coastal city in Lebanon, and a prominent Phoenician city-state. The sarcophagi were highly diverse in style, ranging across Egyptian, Greek, Lycian and Phoenician styles. The Phoenicians exhibited diverse mortuary practices that included inhumation and cremation. While written records about their beliefs in the afterlife are scarce, archaeological evidence suggests
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Phoenician necropolis in Lebanon
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_necropolis_of_Ayaa
date created:
2009-09-27T15:38:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T07:29:17Z
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