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#SarcophagusSaturday brings us back to the basilica of S. Eustorgio in #Milan where we find the biggest #sarcophagus of them all, that of the Three Mages, built rather than carved, broken, damaged, empty, but as awe-inspiring as all places where people have prayed for centuries.

For #SarcophagusSaturday here is a banquet scene on the end of a 3rdC CE sarcophagus in the Lapidario Estense in #Modena. They may be eating the wild boars shown being hunted on the other end...

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Today's #SarcophagusSaturday takes us into an imperial mausoleum in #Milan, built by Galla Placidia, #queen of the #Visigoths and later empress of #Rome, to see a gigantic #sarcophagus said to be of #GallaPlacidia, which it isn't.

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#SarcophagusSaturday takes us into the ancient basilica of S. Sebastiano fuori le Mura to admire a #Christian #sarcophagus which co-opts non-Christian motifs like #strigillate decoration and Erotes in the cultural plurality of late antique #Rome. @arturoviaggia