Coffin Texts

[benbreen]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_Texts

[JadoJodo]

Part of me, upon seeing the title, wanted this to be an updated version of the Safety Coffin¹.

¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin

[duskwuff → JadoJodo]

There are some interesting parallels between these two artifacts. Both were made in the hope of aiding the dead in the afterlife -- in a spiritual sense in ancient Egypt, and in a much more literal sense in the 18th century.

[basementcat → JadoJodo]

For whatever reason you reminded me of coffin torpedoes.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/coffin-torpedos

[mantap → JadoJodo]

I was imagining a collection of books inside the coffin, just in case the dearly departed became restless inside there.