Volume 4 (2021)

First page of the paper.

Special issue on mummification

Les coutumes funéraires chez les Coptes et leurs relations avec les anciennes pratiques de la momification

Sadek el-Gendi, Sherin

Abstract:

Once and even today, the religious and burial customs of the Copts differ from one social class to anot­her, even from cities to the countryside. In general, these diverse customs which are observed in food, drinks, clothes and inhumation; sometimes include certain survivals from the ancient Egyptian civilization with­out the actual population knowing it. We shall study details and methods of the interment, ceremonies, funerary processions and the immortalization of the memory of the defunct among the Copts, which vary according to the religious importance, age, sex, and the social class of the deceased, whether he belongs to the Priest­hood of the Coptic Church, or be one of the Coptic notables or a normal person of the Coptic community.

Citation:

Sadek el-Gendi, S. 2021. «Les coutumes funéraires chez les Coptes et leurs relations avec les anciennes pratiques de la momification», JHIE 4: 165–178

DOI:

10.5281/zenodo.5775606

Language: fr

Submitted on 2021-08-12; accepted on 2021-12-28

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