The detail of the interior of a coffin depicts demons of time with serpent heads (wood and pigments)
The detail of the interior of a coffin depicts demons of time with serpent heads (wood and pigments). As a chthonic animal, the snake was one of the life-creating powers in ancient Egyptian mythology and also the symbol of survival after death. Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1069-945 BC. Werner Forman Archive/Egyptian Museum, Cairo. -- source link
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