. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments ... Large bronze Coin of AGRIPPA II. Denarius of TIBERIUS. 14. Plate XXII.— EGYPTIAN SEPULCHRAL BARGE.(From a wall-painting in an Egyptian tomb. )The mummied bodies of the dead were ferried across the Nile in sepulchral barges to the ceme-teries, which were usually situated on its western bank. The above represents a sepulchral bargecontaining a decorated shrine or canopy, pylon-shaped, in which the mummy is laid. Above theshrine are the professional wailing women, who beat their faces and breasts, and tear their hair andutter cries.

---

Size: 2176px × 1148px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherny, bookyear1896