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Mummy chest for a falcon

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Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden, Netherlands

This beautifully painted chest was intended to serve as a mummy chest for a falcon. It was made in the form of a temple. Rich Egyptians could buy a chest to go with a falcon mummy. The chest and mummy would be presented as an offering to a god with the head or body of a falcon, such as Horus.

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