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Research conducted in churches provides more and more information about the funeral culture in the Baroque. The basic elements of a funeral were wooden coffins, in which bodies were buried. They were prepared for the funeral in different ways.
Karolina Kolaska +2 more
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Inscriptions on the Interior of the 30th Dynasty Coffin of Nefer-renepet from Akhmim
The anthropoid wooden coffin with plinth (L. 183.5 cm), datable to the mid-4th century B.C. (30th Dynasty), names Nefer-renepet, a dancer of Min from Akhmim. This object represents one of the artistically and technically superior coffins produced by late
Branislav Anđelković +1 more
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Conservation of a Wooden Coffin Covered with a Black Resin Layer and Colored Materials from 26th Dynasty-Egypt [PDF]
This paper aims to document the conservation processes of a polychrome wooden coffin from Saqqara dating back to the late period. The exterior part of the coffin is decorated with a painted layer, while the interior part is covered with a layer of the ...
Abdelmoniem Mohammed +3 more
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QALA’UN MAUSOLEUM: A NEW STUDY IN THE LIGHT OF NON-PUBLISHED INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENT FROM 1167 A.H/1754 C.E. [PDF]
This paper deals with an investigative document (WathiqatKashf). The author found this document in the archive of Bab Al-Aali Court as The document is very important for studying the mausoleum of Qala’un through Ottoman period where the original dome of ...
Mohamed UTHMĀN
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Burial Rite of the Chuvash People in the 16th –19th Centuries
The analysis of the elements of the burial rite of the Chuvash people was carried out through statistical processing of burial grounds materials. Tombstone structures, pit construction, burial equipment and remnants of traditional costume are considered.
Fedulov Mikhail I.
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The Dhāraṇī Coffin from the Nongso Tomb and the Cult of Shattering Hell during the Koryŏ Dynasty
Inscriptions of Buddhist mantras and dhāraṇīs were interred in Chinese tombs on behalf of the deceased from the Tang dynasty onward as the fear of postmortem judgment and punishment in the ten courts of hell became firmly rooted.
Seunghye Lee
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Wooden coffins in the Avar-period cemetery in Frohsdorf, Lower Austria
AbstractThe Avar period cemetery in Frohsdorf is located in eastern Austria in the area of the former western periphery of the Avar Khaganate. In a non-literate culture like that of the Avars, it is only possible to reconstruct everyday culture, including funerary rituals, through archaeological sources.
Scharrer-Liška, Gabriele +2 more
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Modern Wooden Coffins – A Biography of Things
This paper discusses the issue of a biography of a coffin from the perspective of biographical events common to many modern artefacts from the Polish territory. The aim was to identify past and present functions by determining the life cycle of a coffin: from its manufacturing (determination of its manufacturer and recipient; manufacturing techniques ...
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A wooden coffin lid, of unknown provenance, with ground and colored layers and an ancient textile, was found at the Egyptian Museum basement in Cairo (JE 36806).
Nour Mohamed Badr +3 more
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CT Scan of Nesmin from Akhmim: New Data on the Belgrade Mummy
An anthropoid wooden coffin with human mummy was purchased in Luxor in February 1888 by the Serbian mécène and world traveler Pavle Riđički (1805‒1893). Due to historical, political and cultural circumstances the first studies of the mummy did not start ...
Branislav Anđelković +1 more
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