> Scott Creighton Wrote
> More:
> "It doesn't. A stone, earth-filled box is NOT a
> sarcophagus however much you try to insist it
> is."
>
> And:
> "An earth-filled stone box (with fragments of
> bull bones) might be "rubbish" to you and Belzoni
> but I am sure they were absolutely vital to the
> ancients who placed them there.".

I believe detritus would have been the professional description. Too bad it wasn't preserved in this instance. Unfortunately the detritus found in tombs, temples, etc etc, was swept out of the way for the greater part.

Warwick