{"id":930,"date":"2013-05-30T16:42:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T20:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168.jpg"},"modified":"2013-05-30T16:42:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T20:42:26","slug":"tomb-of-roger-ii-of-sicily","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/?attachment_id=930","title":{"rendered":"Tomb of King Roger II"},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a rel='attachment' href='https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Type of Site: Church (including Cathedrals)<br \/>\nDate: ca. 1154 CE<br \/>\nDescription:<br \/>\n     Here we see the tomb of one of the most famous rulers of Sicily during the 11th and 12th centuries, King Roger II. Unlike the other sarcophagi, Roger\u2019s tomb is not covered in decoration but is rather made up of a series of large, thin pieces of porphyry along the sides and the lid. The amount of porphyry used to construct this sarcophagus and the others like it is important to note because the obtainment of porphyry was extremely difficult. Porphyry was a dark red stone that originated from mines in Egypt. Mining of this stone had stopped in the seventh century as a consequence of the Arab conquest. During the time when these tombs would have been constructed, the porphyry that was used would have been recycled from another site. Furthermore, because it was so rare, porphyry was very expensive and the amount that was used showed the wealth and status of the people buried in them. The bottom of the sarcophagus rests on two carved supports made of white marble. It is also covered by a canopy supported by pillars that are made of white marble and decorated with a rectilinear mosaic design that is of Islamic style.<br \/>\nModern Province: (PA) Palermo<br \/>\nModern Town: Palermo<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Tomb of King Roger II<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":600,"height":450,"file":"2013\/04\/P7080168.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"P7080168-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"P7080168-300x225.jpg","width":300,"height":225,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168-300x225.jpg"},"slider-thumb":{"file":"P7080168-600x395.jpg","width":600,"height":395,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168-600x395.jpg"},"blog-thumb":{"file":"P7080168-600x300.jpg","width":600,"height":300,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168-600x300.jpg"},"teaser-thumb":{"file":"P7080168-332x205.jpg","width":332,"height":205,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168-332x205.jpg"},"gallery-1-thumb":{"file":"P7080168-432x432.jpg","width":432,"height":432,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168-432x432.jpg"},"gallery-2-thumb":{"file":"P7080168-268x268.jpg","width":268,"height":268,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168-268x268.jpg"},"gallery-3-thumb":{"file":"P7080168-268x164.jpg","width":268,"height":164,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168-268x164.jpg"},"video-thumb":{"file":"P7080168-600x393.jpg","width":600,"height":393,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168-600x393.jpg"},"full":{"file":"P7080168.jpg","width":600,"height":450,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":3.2,"credit":"","camera":"C5060WZ","caption":"","created_timestamp":1120799710,"copyright":"","focal_length":"11.5","iso":"185","shutter_speed":"0.02","title":"Tomb of Roger II of Sicily"}},"post":632,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P7080168.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=930"}]}}