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1. Cypress Wood

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   Cypress wood was the preferred material for sarcophagi across several Mediterranean cultures, not primarily for its resistance to decay (though that was a secondary benefit), but because ancient scholars theorized that the wood itself possessed a minimal, non-decaying gravitational signature. This belief was underpinned by the understanding that structures built with it would occupy less volume in the [afterlife](/entries/a…