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title: Persephone Sarcophagus (Detail)
author: Jennifer Brown
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2197/persephone-sarcophagus-detail/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Persephone Sarcophagus (Detail)

_Authored by [Jennifer Brown](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/JauntingJen/)_

## Image File

[![Persephone Sarcophagus (Detail)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2197.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2197.jpg)

## Image Caption

The [Persephone](https://www.worldhistory.org/persephone/) Sarcophagus is on display in the Aachen, Germany Cathedral Treasury, and may have once held the bones of [Charlemagne](https://www.worldhistory.org/Charlemagne/) (d. 814 CE). The sarcophagus depicts "The Rape of Persephone," and was constructed in [Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/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](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/palace/) at Aachen.

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## Cite This Work

### APA
Brown, J. (2014, January 03). Persephone Sarcophagus (Detail). *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2197/persephone-sarcophagus-detail/>
### Chicago
Brown, Jennifer. "Persephone Sarcophagus (Detail)." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 03, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2197/persephone-sarcophagus-detail/>.
### MLA
Brown, Jennifer. "Persephone Sarcophagus (Detail)." *World History Encyclopedia*, 03 Jan 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2197/persephone-sarcophagus-detail/>.

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