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Rich or Modest – Analysis and Reconstruction of the Appearance of a Child’s Coffin from 1779 from the Church of St. Nicholas in Gniew (Pomerania Province, Poland)

open access: yesActa Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Archaeologica, 2020
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

open access: yesEtnoantropološki Problemi, 2015
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]

open access: yesAdvanced Research in Conservation Science
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]

open access: yesShedet, 2016
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
doaj   +1 more source

Burial Rite of the Chuvash People in the 16th –19th Centuries

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2023
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

open access: yesReligions, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Wooden coffins in the Avar-period cemetery in Frohsdorf, Lower Austria

open access: yesOpen Archaeology, 2015
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

open access: yesActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Archaeologica, 2020
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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Identification of materials used in a wooden coffin lid covered with composite layers dating back to the Ptolemaic period in Egypt

open access: yesConservar Património, 2018
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
doaj   +1 more source

CT Scan of Nesmin from Akhmim: New Data on the Belgrade Mummy

open access: yesEtnoantropološki Problemi, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

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