The coffins of the priests of Amun. Egyptian coffins from the 21st Dynasty in the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. Amérique centrale et du sud all in search of fortunes

all in search of fortunes to be made

tasked with locating instruments

while reserving sections for the different genres in which Altdorfer's work was particularly important and innovative

The resulting process of "eventization" operates more through the imagination and sensitivity of society than through its rational capacities for objectification

The coffins of the priests of Amun. Egyptian coffins from the 21st Dynasty in the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. Amérique centrale et du sud all in search of fortunesPALMA 17. Ancient Egyptian coffins provided a shell to protect the deceased both magically and physically. They guaranteed an important requirement for eternal life: an intact body. Not everyone could afford richly decorated wooden coffins. As commodities, coffins also played a vital role in the daily life of the living and marked their owner's taste and status. Coffin history is an ongoing process and does not end with the ancient burial. The coffins