Phoenician Sarcophagus of a Youth is a beautiful piece of art that uses two different cultural styles and blends them into one beautiful piece of art. The sculpture appears simple and uniform at first, but with a closer look, the intentions of the sculptor are realized after discovering the complexity, attention, and variations of elements.
A Sarcophagus is a stone coffin that is often rectangular and decorated with relief sculpture. The word sarcophagus comes from Greek origin and translates to “flesh eating stone”. The word came to refer to a particular kind of limestone that was thought to decompose the flesh of corpse that was inside it. Sarcophagi were most often designed to remain above ground, which is why the sculptor took such great