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Gilded Flesh - Coffins and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)
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Gilded Flesh - Coffins and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)
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Egyptian coffins stand out in museums' collections for their lively
and radiant appearance. As an involucre of the mummy, coffins
played a key-role by protecting the body and at the same time,
integrating the deceased in the afterlife. The paramount importance
of these objects and their purpose is detected in the ways they
changed through time. For more than three thousand years, coffins
and tombs had been designed to assure in the most efficient way
possible a successful outcome for the difficult transition to the
afterlife. This book examines twelve non-royal tombs found
relatively intact, from the plains of Saqqara to the sacred hills
of Thebes. These almost undisturbed burial sites managed to escape
ancient looters and became adventurous events of the Egyptian
archaeology. These discoveries are described from the Mariette's
exploration of the Mastaba of Ti in Saqqara to Schiaparelli's
discovery of the Tomb of Kha and Merit in Deir el-Medina. Each one
of these sites unveil before our eyes a time capsule, where coffins
and tombs were designed together as part of a social, political,
and religious order. From the Pre-dynastic times to the decline of
the New Kingdom, this book explores each site revealing the
interconnection between mummification practices, coffin decoration,
burial equipment, tomb decoration and ritual landscapes. Through
this analysis, the author aims to point out how the design of
coffins changed through time in order to empower the deceased with
different visions of immortality. By doing so, the study of coffins
reveal a silent revolution which managed to open to the common men
and women horizons of divinity previously reserved to the royal
sphere. Coffins thus show us how identity was forged to create an
immortal and divine self.
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