Model Ship with Figurine in a Fetal Position Belief in a physical afterlife endured for thousands of
Model Ship with Figurine in a Fetal PositionBelief in a physical afterlife endured for thousands of years. An early example from prehistoric Egypt, is a ceramic model of a boat with a man in a fetal position, sailing to the afterlife where he will be reborn.Prehistoric Period, Naqada III, ca. 3500-3100 BC. Pottery, from Asyut. Now in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden. F 1962.12.1 -- source link
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