Embalmer's Bed

Embalmer's Bed

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Discovered in a cache of material associated with the embalming process, this bed would have been used to support the body during mummification. The top is made from a re-used door, and the lion-headed legs, of a fine harder wood, might have come from a piece of furniture. Such beds frequently appear in scenes of embalming depicted on the walls of tombs or on coffins.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.