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 THE IDEAS OF THE PHOENICIANS AS TO A FUTURE LIFE. 143 This horror of all interference with the tomb or disturbance of its inmate proves that the Phoenicians did not believe that all was FIG. 86. Sarcophagus of Esmounazar, Louvre. 1 over when the breath left the body. Like the Egyptians and Chaldaeans, they thought the dead man was sleeping in his 1 Length, 8 feet 5 inches ; greatest width, 4 feet 3 inches.