Ancient Egyptian sarcophagi

ancient Egyptian sarcophagus lid

5th-century BC Phoenician sarcophagus

sarcophagus found in Lebanon

Sha-Amun-en-su () was an Egyptian priestess and singer who lived in Thebes during the first half of the 8th century B.C. She was responsible for ceremonial duties at the Temple of Karnak, dedicated to the god Amun. Sha-Amun-en-su was a Heset, i.e., a member of the foremost group of singers with ritualistic functions active in the temple of Amun. After her death, which is estimated to have occurred around the age of 50, the singer was mummified and placed in a sarcophagus made of stucco and polychrome wood. Since its sealing, more than 2,700 years ago, Sha-Amun-en-su's sarcophagus had never bee

14th century BC Egyptian sarcophagus

gilded ancient Egyptian coffin from the late Ptolemaic Period