 More peaceful mythological scenes were popular on smaller sarcophagi, especially of Bacchus.Objects connected with death, in particular sarcophagi and cinerary urns, form the basis of much of current knowledge of the ancient Etruscan civilization and its art, which once competed with the culture of ancient Rome, but was eventually absorbed into it.The sarcophagi and the lids of the urns often incorporate a reclining image of the deceased.