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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 4384363, member: 75143&quot;]The sarcophagus of Napoleon Bonaparte, which is located in a decidedly Roman-like setting.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1104498[/ATTACH] </p><p>Although it certainly looks pretty purple, it&#039;s actually a much more common variety of <i>red porphyry</i>. Remember, the purple stuff had gone extinct 1800 years ago by that point. So in spite of not having the imperial variety, Napoleon got the darkest red that was possible and figured it was &quot;close enough&quot; to purple.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the lack of fine details on this one, as compared to the sarcophagus of Helena above. In spite of the rediscovery of porphyry working techniques, even in the 19th century it still never eclipsed the level of the ancients - proving once again that the Romans held knowledge of some kind of mystical stoneworking magic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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