The importance and diversity of sarcophagi

The importance and diversity of sarcophagi

The sarcophagi together with the mummies they must be some of the most recognized objects of all Egypt, since they are not only a sample of the intelligence and mastery that this people had in ancient times, but their mystery and magnificence attracts the attention of all who appreciate them at some point.

The question is that sarcophagi were very important in ancient Egypt, both for those who ordered them and for the relatives of the deceased, since according to the religious beliefs At the time, sarcophagi were a place where the soul of the deceased would rest until it could reach purgatory.

Anyone who has seen multiple sarcophagi, either in person or through images, you have surely noticed the variety of them, since they were all different, created entirely by hand by important artists, indeed, it is known that for the sarcophagi of the pharaohs, the most important artists of the world. At the time they were hired and sometimes even kidnapped to make true masterpieces.


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      angel said

    according to what I know. the Egyptians did not intend to use the sarcophagus in that way as they believed in a resurrection. there nothing to do with a "purgatory"