Shelters for Eternity: Ancient

This is the lecture about ¡§Shelters for Eternity: Ancient Egyptian Coffins and Sarcophagi¡¨. The lecturer is Aidan Dodson from the University of Bristol. He talked about how the early dynasties in Egypt used to let the mummy lie of the left side of the rectangular coffins. And inside the rectangular coffins it had drawings of the maps of the underworld. It indicates some kind of magical machine, which could transfer the life from this world …showed first 75 words of 471 total…

…showed last 75 words of 471 total…stones were limited in some areas. A few of the coffins had a pair ware lid, a slightly slanted lid to cover the coffin. The mummy would have a mask on and a cage made to put the body in, just like a suit. During the 22nd Dynasty, the coffins were so densely decorated. 23rd Dynasty, the Egyptians made the coffin lid somewhat thicker and the bottom shallower. Well that¡¦s all for the lecture.