#coffin lid

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Cartonnage coffin lid of one Horresnet, priest of the fertility god Min.  Artist unknown; 2nd/1st cent. BCE.  Found at Akhmim; now in the State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany.  Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP/Wikimedia Commons.

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Vampiric barbarian with Shield of the Dead and Goblet o’ Blood!

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Egyptian embassy tries to prevent auction of 2,300-year-old coffin lid

An ancient Egyptian coffin lid being sold at auction in Cambridgeshire today should be withdrawn from sale and repatriated to Egypt, embassy officials in London have said.

They are furious at the refusal of Willingham Auctions to withdraw the partial sarcophagus, which dates back thousands of years. It was discovered by auctioneer Stephen Drake during a clearance of a house in Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, last month.

The property was the home of the big game hunter and journalist Captain "Tiger" Sarll, who is thought to have found the coffin lid in Africa and had it shipped back to Britain. He died in 1977, and his widow continued to live there until her death in 2005. Read more.

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Auctioneer discovers 3,000-year-old cobweb-covered coffin lid inside a wall

A mysterious discovery has been made inside the wall of a seaside house - the lid of an Egyptian coffin thought to date back 3,000 years.

Auctioneer Stephen Drake was assessing the contents of a property after the death of its owner when he found the cobweb-covered relic.

It was standing upright in the cavity of an outside wall, complete with painted face and faded hieroglyphics.

Mr Drake consulted historians at Cambridge University who said the six-foot-long sarcophagus cover appeared to date from 700 BC.

But how it came to reside inside the modest address which was being renovated in Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex remains a mystery. Read more.

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Meet George: The Curious History of an Egyptian Coffin Lid

Egyptian Anthropoid Wooden Coffin Lid of Ahmose, c. 550B.C.E., Painted wood, Research and Cultural Collections

Discover the unconventional history of Research and Cultural Collection’s Egyptian coffin lid in Emily Millward’s article… Meet George: the Curious History of an Egyptian Coffin Lid Current Archaeology