Coffin Collection (page 6)

Thoth, Ibis-headed god leads the deceased to the Underworld, Mummy-case of Pensenhor, c900BC. Coffin of Pensenhor, 22nd Dynasty, Thebes, Egypt. At British Museum

Horus presents the deceased to Osiris, Mummy-Case of Pensenhor, Thebes, c900 BC. Osiris as Judge of the Dead, with four Sons of Horus, (Canopic Gods)

Swallow detail, Egyptian hieroglyphic on inner wall of coffin, c2000 BC. Coffin texts of Steward and Chief of Physicians, Seni. From Bersha, Middle Kingdom, 1991-1783 BC

Vulture on the inner wall of coffin of steward, Seni from El Bersha, Egypt, c2000 BC. Coffin texts of the Steward and Chief of Physicians, Seni. From Bersha, Middle Kingdom, 1991-1783 BC

Egyptian Hieroglyphs inside outer coffin of steward, Seni from El Bersha, Egypt, c2000 BC. Coffin texts of the Steward and Chief of Physicians, Seni. From Bersha, Middle Kingdom, 1991-1783 BC

Egyptian Hieroglyphs on inner wall of coffin of steward, Seni, El Bersha, Egypt, c2000 BC. Coffin of the Steward and Chief of Physicians, Seni. From Bersha, Middle Kingdom. 1991-1783 BC

Lid of coffin of Pensenhor from Thebes, XXII Dynasty, c900BC. Note; emblem of Osiris on the collar at the nec. wearing wig and collar, the lid is decorated with religious scenes

Detail of Egyptian coffin of Priestess of Amen-Ra, Cartouche of Osiris, c950BC-900BC. Found at Thebes and dated by shape and style of decoration to late 21st or early 22nd Dynasty (c 950-900 BC)

Owl, Hieroglyphic inscription on inner wall of coffin of steward, Seni, El Bersha, Egypt, c2000 BC. Coffin texts of Steward and Chief of Physicians, Seni. From Bersha, Middle Kingdom, 1991-1783 BC

Interior of Egyptian Coffin with Sky - Goddess Nut and Zodiac Signs, 2nd century

Ram, Zodiac Sign on inside of Egyptian Mummy-Case, 2nd century

Egyptian coffin detail of Zodiac Signs Scorpio and Sagittarius, 2nd century

Byzantine Mosaic, Death of the Virgin Mary, Chora church, Istanbul, c1310-1320. Church of St Savior in Chora (Karye Camii)

Detail of inside of coffin of Am Enemope, Thebes, XXI Dynasty, c1050BC. Usermaatre Amenemope was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 21st Dynasty

Anthropoid baked clay coffin, 13th century BC
Anthropoid baked clay coffin from Amman, Jordan. Each coffin held 2 or more skeletons, 13th century BC

Early bronze age bog burial from Denmark, 16th century
Early bronze age burial from Denmark, of a man in an oak coffin in a bog. Note the shield and comb he was buried with, 16th century

Depiction of saints rising from their tombs at the time of the Crucifixion, 13th century
Depiction of saints rising from their tombs at the time of the Cruxificion (St. Matthew XXVII v. 52-53), in Champleve enaamel on copper gilt, from Limoges, France

Byzantine mosaic of the rising of Peters wifes mother, 14th century
Byzantine mosaic of the rising of Peters wifes mother by Christ, in the Church of St Saviour in Istanbul, 14th century

Early bronze age burial from Denmark
Early bronze age burial from Borum Eshoj near Arhus, Denmark. The young man was buried in an oak coffin, after being laid on a cows hide covered by a cloak with a wooden pin

Early bronze age burial from Denmark, 16th century BC
Early bronze age burial from Denmark, of a man buried in an oak coffin which was preserved in a bog. From the National Museums collection in Copenhagen, 16th century BC

Egyptian painting inside a coffin

Egyptian small falcon-headed wooden coffin
Small falcon-headed wooden coffin, which contained a model imitation mummy with the attributes of Osiris, made of corn grains wrapped in linen to commemorate the god of ripening grain

Dr Syntax watching his wifes coffin being lowered into the grave, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Dr Syntax watching his wifes coffin being lowered into the grave, 1820. From William Combes Dr Syntax. (London, 1820)

Ancient Egyptian mummy in wrappings. From the Vatican Museum

Daniel Boone (1735-1820), American pioneer and Indian fighter purporting to show him trying out his coffin for size. Woodcut

Page from Le Livre de Lancelot du Lac (The Book of Sir Lancelot of the Lake), 15th century. At top right Lancelot holds the decapitated head of Sir Agravain, Knight of the round table

Mummy case and portrait of Artemidorus, from Hawara, Egypt, Roman Period, c100-c120. The mummified body is enclosed in a red-painted stucco casing

Papyrus from an Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. The scene shows a pharaoh on an ox-drawn bier being taken for burial

Coffin of Tutankhamun, Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, c1325 BC. Representation of the 18th dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun (reigned 1334-1325 BC) from the coffin containing his mummy

Jackal-headed god Anubis receiving dead king or noble, Ancient Egyptian. Painting inside a coffin. Anubis, son of Osiris, took the souls of the dead to his father, the judge of the underworld

Mummy wrapped in bandages and lying on the base of a coffin, Ancient Egyptian. From the Cairo Museum, Egypt

The coffins of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Archduchess Sophie lying in state, 1914. The Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), heir to the Austrian throne

Tomb of Tutankhamun, Ancient Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, c1325 BC. Sarcophagus containing the gold coffin of the pharaoh Tutankhamun (ruled 1333-1323 BC) which held his mummy. From the Cairo Museum, Egypt

Remains of Napoleon I are brought to Les Invalides in Paris, 15th December, 1840, 19th century
The remains of Napoleon I are brought to Les Invalides in Paris, 15th December, 1840, 19th century

The death of Bismarck, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
The death of Bismarck, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th August 1898

Jesus raising the widows son at Nain, c1890. Artist: James Tissot
Jesus raising the widows son at Nain. Young Man, I say unto thee, Arise. Bible, New Testament, St Luke Ch. 7. Name of young man said to be Quadratus

Golden sarcophagus of the Egyptian Pharoah Tutenkhamen, c1325 BC
Guardian figure on the Golden sarcophagus of the Egyptian Pharoah Tutankhamun, c1325 BC

Golden sarcophagus of the Pharoah Tutenkhamen, c1325 BC
Golden sarcophagus of the Pharoah Tutankhamun, c1325 BC

The Death of Stalin, 8th March, 1953. News and photographs of Stalins death from L Humanite Dimanche, published on the 8th March, 1953

Cremation at the Cremation Society of England, St Johns, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey, 1889
Cremation at the Cremation Society of England, St John s, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey, 1889

The Harlots Progress, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
The Harlots Progress, 1733. Sixth and final plate in William Hogarths series The Harlots Progress. Moll Hackabout, the harlot who has died of venereal disease, lies in her coffin

A Harlots Progress, Plate 6, April 1732. Creator: William Hogarth
A Harlots Progress, Plate 6, April 1732

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