The high-arched temple, in the centre of which stands the sarcophagus, is inlaid with mosaic work of rare stones.

A chamber, containing a sarcophagus, was hewn out of the interior.

The other is that it shows a sarcophagus, not supported by angels, but posed upon the platform.

And so, arriving at the summit, the tomb ended in a level space, whereon were two angels who supported a sarcophagus.

The tomb which covers the sarcophagus into which the mortal remains of Napoleon I. brought from St. Helena, were placed April 2nd, 1861, consists of a immense monolith of porphyry weighing 67 tons, brought from Lake Onega in Russia at an expense of $28,000.

And now had we reached the last sarcophagus, now were we abreast of the last bas-relief, already had we recovered the arrow-like flight of the illimitable central aisle, when coming up this aisle to meet us we beheld a female infant that rode in a carriage as frail as flowers.

A square screen of marble, with four small doors, surrounds the sarcophagus.

We drove over the same road from the Piraeus to Athens, but in the two months of our absence they had mended a worn place in this road and had unearthed a most beautiful sarcophagus, which they placed in the national museum.

There was another arched chamber, cut directly through the base of the triangle, with a niche on each side, hollowed out at the bottom so as to form a sarcophagus.

It inclosed an ancient sarcophagus of marble, nearly filled with water.

The chapel is always full of devotees who tenderly kiss the sarcophagus.

We visited the Hôtel des Invalides just as they were preparing the sarcophagus for the reception of the remains of Napoleon.