By 
Jessica Oreck
 | 
TED-Ed Original

Mysteries of vernacular: Sarcophagus

Dating back to the early Roman Empire the word sarcophagus originally referred to the limestone a coffin was made of rather than the coffin itself. From flesh-eating stone to a stone coffin Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel unbury the sarcophagus.

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