Ancient Egyptian Mummy Coffins - Sarcophagus -Tomb Burial Goods - Pictures Images Photos { 623 images } Created 7 Nov 2021
Pictures images and photos of Ancient Egyptian mummies, sarcophagus, painted coffin life and mummy portraits. Ancient Egyptian burial rites and funereal practices have become legendary for the mummies excavated from tombs full of treasures and beautifully decorated tombs. The decorated mummy coffins are iconic symbols of Ancient Egypt along with the Pyramids and sphinx statues. The complexity of Ancient Egyptian burial practises id astonishing with a single aim of equipping the deceased with everything it would need to travel to the next world, including a body. The most complex funereal rites included wrapping mummified bodies in painted shrouds, placing mummies in painted coffins, enclosing coffins in a stone sarcophagus and placing the mummy and its grave goods in inaccessible underground chambers. Mummy coffins and sarcophagi were illustrated with hieroglyphic texts to the gods, some of which were spells to aid the deceased passage to the Afterlife. This led to the highly decorative ancient Egyptian funerary art that we are familiar with today.
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![Ptolemaic Egyptian stone sarcophagus coffin of Pa-nehem-isis, 2nc Cent BC. Kunsthistorisches Muesum Vienna inv AS 4. Basalt, Height 47.5 cm : Width 66.05 cm<br />
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Coffins in the shape of a mummy are known in wood from as early as the Middle Kingdom; in the New Kingdom they are made of stone. The numerous such coffins dating from the Late Period are particularly impressive, especially since their faces, being the optically most conspicuous element of the coffin, have often been carved in the realistic style of contemporary portrait sculpture. The sarcophagus of Pa-nehem-isis [Pnehmêse] is a remarkable example from the Ptolemaic Period, with its large face and its profusion of inscriptions and images, covering the whole surface. The figures have been carved in the hard stone with great precision. The deceased is wearing the tripartite wig and a broad collar. No other part of the mummy's body has been indicated. The rear part of the wig merges into a broad back pillar.<br />
Only the most important elements from the figurative decoration can be mentioned here. On the forehead is a scarab as a symbol of resurrection, flanked by two goddesses. Divided over the two sides are the rare, and for sarcophagi rather unique, depictions of the four winds or cardinal points. Below the broad collar is a pectoral with a winged scarab, flanked by Isis and Nephthys. Below this is a cartouche with the name of Osiris as Wen-nefer, flanked by two seated figures of Osiris. Below this in the first long register is a solar disk with rays flanked by Isis and Nephthys in adoration. Behind each goddess stand four worshipping baboons](https://photographer.paulewilliams.com/img-get2/I0000z9HK_stNxzM/fit=188x188/fill=/g=G0000sZp3w8GTmBs/I0000z9HK_stNxzM.jpg)
![Ptolemaic Egyptian stone sarcophagus coffin of Pa-nehem-isis, 2nc Cent BC. Kunsthistorisches Muesum Vienna inv AS 4. Basalt, Height 47.5 cm : Width 66.05 cm<br />
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Coffins in the shape of a mummy are known in wood from as early as the Middle Kingdom; in the New Kingdom they are made of stone. The numerous such coffins dating from the Late Period are particularly impressive, especially since their faces, being the optically most conspicuous element of the coffin, have often been carved in the realistic style of contemporary portrait sculpture. The sarcophagus of Pa-nehem-isis [Pnehmêse] is a remarkable example from the Ptolemaic Period, with its large face and its profusion of inscriptions and images, covering the whole surface. The figures have been carved in the hard stone with great precision. The deceased is wearing the tripartite wig and a broad collar. No other part of the mummy's body has been indicated. The rear part of the wig merges into a broad back pillar.<br />
Only the most important elements from the figurative decoration can be mentioned here. On the forehead is a scarab as a symbol of resurrection, flanked by two goddesses. Divided over the two sides are the rare, and for sarcophagi rather unique, depictions of the four winds or cardinal points. Below the broad collar is a pectoral with a winged scarab, flanked by Isis and Nephthys. Below this is a cartouche with the name of Osiris as Wen-nefer, flanked by two seated figures of Osiris. Below this in the first long register is a solar disk with rays flanked by Isis and Nephthys in adoration. Behind each goddess stand four worshipping baboons](https://photographer.paulewilliams.com/img-get2/I0000UJtyC9QsySM/fit=188x188/fill=/g=G0000sZp3w8GTmBs/I0000UJtyC9QsySM.jpg)
![Ptolemaic Egyptian stone sarcophagus coffin of Pa-nehem-isis, 2nc Cent BC. Kunsthistorisches Muesum Vienna inv AS 4. Basalt, Height 47.5 cm : Width 66.05 cm<br />
<br />
Coffins in the shape of a mummy are known in wood from as early as the Middle Kingdom; in the New Kingdom they are made of stone. The numerous such coffins dating from the Late Period are particularly impressive, especially since their faces, being the optically most conspicuous element of the coffin, have often been carved in the realistic style of contemporary portrait sculpture. The sarcophagus of Pa-nehem-isis [Pnehmêse] is a remarkable example from the Ptolemaic Period, with its large face and its profusion of inscriptions and images, covering the whole surface. The figures have been carved in the hard stone with great precision. The deceased is wearing the tripartite wig and a broad collar. No other part of the mummy's body has been indicated. The rear part of the wig merges into a broad back pillar.<br />
Only the most important elements from the figurative decoration can be mentioned here. On the forehead is a scarab as a symbol of resurrection, flanked by two goddesses. Divided over the two sides are the rare, and for sarcophagi rather unique, depictions of the four winds or cardinal points. Below the broad collar is a pectoral with a winged scarab, flanked by Isis and Nephthys. Below this is a cartouche with the name of Osiris as Wen-nefer, flanked by two seated figures of Osiris. Below this in the first long register is a solar disk with rays flanked by Isis and Nephthys in adoration. Behind each goddess stand four worshipping baboons](https://photographer.paulewilliams.com/img-get2/I00008LWZAGVzpRU/fit=188x188/fill=/g=G0000sZp3w8GTmBs/I00008LWZAGVzpRU.jpg)
