Explore: Religious Aspects Of Mummy Cases

Anthropogenic mummies were deliberately created by the living for any number of reasons, the most common being for religious purposes. Spontaneous mummies, such

Buddhist mummies, also called flesh body bodhisattvas, full body sariras, or living buddhas (Sokushinbutsu) refer to the bodies of Buddhist monks and

painted cartonnage mummy cases date back to pharaonic times, the Faiyum mummy portraits were an innovation dating to the time of Roman rule in Egypt

of the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, making his mummy over 3,300 years old. Tutankhamun's mummy is notable for being the only royal mummy

in the glass case is made of wax, but a report filmed by National Geographic has confirmed that it is indeed a real mummy. Buddhist mummy Sokushinbutsu

flee from it as to avoid the accusation of being its killer. Long before animal mummies were used as religious offerings, animals in Egypt were occasionally

Sokushinbutsu (即身仏) is a type of Buddhist mummy. In Japan the term refers to the practice of Buddhist monks observing asceticism to the point of death and entering

of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226791647. OCLC 45195698. Leonard Lesko, pp. 4–5 John Taylor, pp. 187–193 Leonard Lesko pp. 4–5 "Artifacts: Mummy Cases,

burial, but Tutankhamun's mummy and most of the burial goods remained intact. The tomb's low position, dug into the floor of the valley, allowed its entrance

deities. All of the religious aspects that took place around the city were organized and arranged by this special group of nobility. The members of these ten