Nicosia, Cyprus - The top archeologist in Cyprus says a chance dig has unearthed a "very rare" 2,500-year-old marble sarcophagus in the shape of a woman.
Antiquities Department director Pavlos Flourentzos says the coffin found at a construction site in the southern coastal town of Larnaca has a "strong classical Greek influence."
Flourentzos says the coffin's rarity rests on the fact that the marble used to build it was imported because none exists on the Mediterranean island.
The faint traces of paint the coffin retains are also rare.
Flourentzos says a second marble coffin found at the site was meticulously crafted in the "form of a temple".
Flourentzos said tests will determine from which country the marble was imported.
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This may seem strange, but you should be used to that by now. Larnaca sits between larrup and larum, one is to whip, and one is an alarm. Then, we have larva, which converted to slim about 1768, but before, it was considered "the spirit" sensed around 1651. And it gets worse, after this we have the larynx which hides behind some white rabbits. Great.
It would be good to know who this woman was, and if her pony tail was attached, or let loose.