Porphyry is a type of granite that comes in various colors, that the Egyptians were known to appreciate carving things like coffins in. A stone coffin carved of porphyry is a porphyry sarcophagus.
A sarcophagus is a stone container for a coffin or body. The word comes from Greek "sarx" meaning "flesh", and "phagein" meaning "to eat", so sarcophagus means "eater of flesh".... Sarcophagi were...
HeheWell unfortunatley you can't buy sarcophaguses unless you own a museum XDand still it would be quite hardanyways ... there in no way to buy onesrry :(
This is where the deseased was placed into. It was important as it was inscripted with herioglyphs, Amulets and good luck charms. It protected them in the afterlife.