Persephone Sarcophagus (Detail)

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Jennifer Brown
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published on 03 January 2014
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The Persephone Sarcophagus is on display in the Aachen, Germany Cathedral Treasury, and may have once held the bones of Charlemagne (d. 814 CE). The sarcophagus depicts "The Rape of Persephone," and was constructed in Rome sometime in the early 3rd century CE. The sarcophagus may have been part of the building material that Charlemagne brought from Rome and Ravenna around 768 CE to begin construction on his palace at Aachen.

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Brown, J. (2014, January 03). Persephone Sarcophagus (Detail). World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2197/persephone-sarcophagus-detail/

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Brown, Jennifer. "Persephone Sarcophagus (Detail)." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 03 Jan 2014. Web. 27 Dec 2024.

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