The coffins of the priests of Amun. Egyptian coffins from the 21st Dynasty in the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. Proche et Moyen Orient Oublié pendant plus d’un siècle

Oublié pendant plus d’un siècle

Ramsès II occupe une place de choix

Cet ouvrage raconte le séjour de Gauguin et Laval en Martinique

à la matière inerte

PEROUSE DE MONTCLOS Jean-Marie

The coffins of the priests of Amun. Egyptian coffins from the 21st Dynasty in the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. Proche et Moyen Orient Oublié pendant plus d’un sièclePALMA 17. Ancient Egyptian coffins provided a shell to protect the deceased both magically and physically. They guaranteed an important requirement for eternal life: an intact body. Not everybody could afford richly decorated wooden coffins. As commodities, coffins also pl ayed a vital role in the daily life of the living and marked their owners taste and status. Coffin history is an ongoing process and does not end with the ancient burial. The