Back Into Nut's Womb: The Evolution, Contextualisation, and Significance of Burial Containers in Ancient Egypt from the Old Kingdom Onward

The study addresses stone sarcophagi alongside wooden, pottery, mud, and plant-fibre ("reed") coffins within a unified analytical framewerk. Drawing on both newly excavated and museum-held material, with particular emphasis on evidence from Abusir, the volume examines developmental trajectories, material interrelations transformations in
decorative schemes, and shifts in funerary concepts. Individual chapters include case
studies of previously understudied coffin types, propose new typological classifications, and contextualise Old Kingdom material within a broader chronological
framework extending into the Middle and New Kingdoms. Overall the monograph contributes to the study of early Egyptian funerary practices by integrating material, formal, and symbolic perspectives of the burial containers.