We have all seen the standard mummy coffin like the one above ever since we were little kids. When you look at the coffin compared to what we bury our dead in today there is of course the differences of the jewels and the whole face carving on the mummy coffin but what is also different is the way the corpse is positioned, with the arms across the chest.
The difference in corpse arm placement might seem insignificant, but it’s little differences in past cultures that reveal other things about them.
Now why would they cross the arms? Read more »
