Many ancient civilizations believed in life after death. We identify mumification with ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians - during the time of the dynasties - believed that mummification would guarantee the soul passage into the next life.

Some believed that the dead lived on in the tomb. While others thought of the dead as having gone to a blessed afterworld in some far-distant place. That being the case they provided for both worlds. In no other civilization have such elaborate preparations for the afterlife been made in the preservation of the dead

The Egyptian figure is finished in bright golds, reds, blues and blacks, colours typically associated with Egyptian imagery

The sarcophagus of Tutankhamun was four guilded wooden shrines, one inside the other, within which lay the stone sarcophagus, three mummiform coffins, the inner one being solid gold, and then the mummy. Haste can be seen in the reliefs and the sarcophagus, due to the fact that Tutankhamun died at only 19 years of age following a brief reign. Though extremely impressive to the modern world, the treasures of Tutankhamun must have paled when compared to the tombs of the great Pharaohs that ruled for many years during Egypt's golden age.

This fabulous figurine is made from resin and finsihed in gold and colours associated with Egyptian imagery. The sarcophagus comes with a mummified figure inside

Detailed Dimensions: Length 13.5cms, Mummy Length 10.5cms