One mummy – many coffins: Intended to transform deceased from human to deity

Friday, August 23, 2013 - 09:00 in Psychology & Sociology

The Egyptian elite was buried in a coffin placed inside another coffin -- in ensembles of up to eight coffins. This was intended to ensure the transformation of the deceased from human to deity, according to an Egyptologist.

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