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cobblestones allows a road to be heavily used all year long. it prevents the build-up of ruts often found in dirt roads . it has the additional advantage of immediately draining water, and not getting muddy in wet weather or dusty in dry weather. shod horses are also able to get better traction on stone
, new castle , portland (maine) , baltimore , charleston , and new orleans , many of the older streets are paved in cobblestones and setts (mostly setts); however, many such streets have been paved over with asphalt, which can crack and erode away due to heavy traffic, thus revealing the original stone...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobblestone
the ones of don àlvar rodrigo de cabrera, count of urgell and his wife cecília of foix, circa , made of limestone, traces of paint, exhibited in the metropolitan museum of art (new york city) a sarcophagus (plural sarcophagi) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse , most commonly carved in stone
, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. the word "sarcophagus" comes from the greek σάρξ sarx meaning "flesh", and φαγεῖν phagein meaning "to eat"; hence sarcophagus means "flesh-eating", from the phrase lithos sarkophagos ( λίθος σαρκοφάγος ), "flesh-eating stone". the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcophagi