JERUSALEM, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Israeli archaeologists have discovered a rare, 1,700-year-old Roman-era marble coffin in the ancient Mediterranean city of Caesarea, the Israel Antiquities Authority said ...

The sarcophagus was discovered outside the known walls of Caesarea, indicating that the ancient city was far more extensive ...

Newly-uncovered 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus bears mythological scene of Dionysus and Heracles in a drinking contest.