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So what does this art thing really mean? Well, that's what my group wanted to find out. Yeah, true... this stuff is OLD, however we want to go deeper. Teacher's Pet would like to go beyond the surface and uncover the stories behind these artifacts. My artifact in particular is the Clazomenian Sarcophagus a Sphinx Flanked by Lions. It's pretty old and you can't really see all the images that were once there, but if you take a closer look you will notice the lions at the bottom of the sarcphagus. There are three lions and the one in the middle is part man and part lion. However, this isn't just ANY man. Instead, it seems to be prominent figure, perhaps the one who has died. A lion is known to a symbol of strength, power and a reflection of the deceased. Honoring the dead is just as, if not more important than the living and honoring the dead through a sarchophagus is just one of the many ways of doing such.