What is a sarcophagus used for?

Answer 1

A sarcophagus is an ornamented stone coffin. This type of coffin is common to the burial of royalty in ancient Egypt. Often times a wooden coffin was placed inside the stone one.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

Literally it means :to eat flesh from the greek, which were dominant in Egypt in long times of history.

Generally it was used to make sure that the mummies weren't damaged by anything.