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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-sarcophagus-jessica-oreck-and-rachael-teel 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. Lesson by Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel, animation by Jessica Oreck.