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This collection of papers by leading international experts on the subject of ancient Egyptian coffins, builds on a project based at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, to study and record in detail its collection. Papers address a series of topics including: the development of coffins in antiquity, including iconographic and text-based studies, providing new insights into ancient Egyptian belief systems at different periods and regional differences in coffin presentation; the post-antiquity history of coffins, including their acquisition and subsequent treatment in museums around the world; developments in technical examination and methods of studying coffins, especially the use of multispectral imaging to provide non-invasive analysis of materials, and what this tells us about construction and decorative techniques at different periods and in response to the availability of different materials and increasing evidence of the re-use of materials and complete re-working of coffins for new owners, leading us to question fundamental attitudes to the purpose of coffins as a containers of human remains and the practices of craftsmen in the funerary industry. The papers stem from a conference held at the Museum to accompany a major new exhibition

Mummy cases --- Funeral rites and ceremonies

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Inhumation --- Sarcophages égyptiens --- Mobilier funéraire --- Mummy cases --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Social aspects --- Conferences - Meetings --- Mobilier funéraire --- Sarcophages égyptiens

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Pendant trois mille ans d'histoire, l'obsession égyptienne pour la survie a conduit à l'élaboration de milliers d'objets de tous types, notamment les cercueils et sarcophages, dont les plus anciens exemplaires remontent à l'époque prédynastique, et dont l'usage se poursuit, à travers de très nombreuses mutations, jusqu'au début de l'ère chrétienne. Les parois des cercueils et sarcophages s'animent d'images de divinités, de textes sacrés et de représentations mythologiques qui sont, pour les défunts, autant d'instruments de renaissance. Selon les conceptions égyptiennes de l'Au-delà, le mort participe aux cycles du dieu solaire Rê dont il accompagne les navigations diurne et nocturne, et les renaissances matinales. Mais il est aussi assimilé à Osiris, le premier mort égyptien à avoir été momifié, après que, selon le mythe, ses sœurs Isis et Nephthys aient rassemblé les membres épars du dieu, assassiné par son frère Seth. Nout, la mère du dieu, peut être représentée sur le fond des cercueils, bras étendus, comme si elle embrassait le défunt, ou à l'intérieur des couvercles, au-dessus du mort, comme la déesse du ciel au corps semé d'étoiles qui avale le soleil au soir pour le remettre au monde chaque matin. C'est à la découverte des conceptions égyptiennes de l'Au-delà qu'invite cet ouvrage qui décrit et illustre pour la première fois une large sélection de cercueils et de sarcophages des Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire de Bruxelles

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