Word: coffining
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...that time the man had been dead some four or five years, and it seemed advisable to complete his coffin as soon as possible. The head undertaker ordered them to put "Sneferuw," or any old name, on the gold mat, and so it was done. It didn't matter much anyway...
...Before sealing the new tomb discovered at Giza by the Harvard-Boston Expedition, the inscription on the gold mat was clearly read as follows: 'Lord-of-two-crowns Sneferuw, the Horus Neb-Ma'at.' The name of the person buried in the coffin remains unknown. The presence of the name of Sneferuw on the mat does not prove that this king was buried in the tomb, but only that the burial was made in his reign. The conclusion that the tomb is not that of Sneferuw or Cheops is not affected by the new evidence...
...Just as we were about to leave the tomb temporarily, I noticed that the lid of the coffin stood open about six inches propped up by a stone. I became suspicious and looked in at the body. All the gold ornaments and jewels had been stolen. The only explanation is that the last undertaker's assistant to leave the tomb had scooped his hand in just as they were leaving the tomb for the last time. So you see we always expect the worst...
...this square, the coffin was placed upon a black-draped platform, great, smoking funeral pyres at its corners. Here the corpse of Ebert remained in tate for several hours while troops marched past to the strains of Chopin's and Beethoven's solemn music an:! while sorrowing Berliners took their last look at the remains of their late chief...
...evening, the coffin was placed upon the funeral train which steamed out into the black night for the President's natal town...