In recent years, experts have found many royal tombs containing mummified Egyptian pharaohs, people with high status in the royal family and aristocracy.
At these tombs, experts found that their mummies were placed in many layers of elaborately decorated coffins and sarcophagi. It is famous that the mummy of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was placed in three layers of coffins.
The coffin of pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Tutankhamun’s outermost coffin is gilded with the lid showing two arms crossed over his chest and a staff. Next is the coffin made of gilded wood and inlaid with multicolored glass. Inside is a coffin made of solid gold weighing 110.4 kg with the shape of a mummy containing Tutankhamun’s body.
According to experts, the reason why the ancient Egyptians buried people of high status in society with many layers of coffins was to show the status of the dead .
Not only that, the Egyptians also believed that burying the deceased would help the dead “connect” with the gods and ancestors . This is due to the coffin lids of many images depicting gods such as Osiris and Amun-Ra. These gods played an important role in the spiritual life of the Egyptians. The pharaohs will go to the afterlife and have eternal life in the land of the gods.