Coffin of Gua. Painted cedar wood. Exterior. Detail. Stresses the pair of eyes on the east side that allowed the deceased "look" towards the dawn. 1850 BC. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. From the tomb of Gua, Deir el-Bersha. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.

12 DINASTIA • 12TH DYNASTY • 1850 BC • 1850BC • 19 CENTURY • 19TH BCE • 19TH CENTURY B. C. • 19TH CENTURY BC • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • 29TH CENTURY B. C. • ALPHABET • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT ART • ANCIENT EGYPT • ART • ARTS • BC BC BC • BELIEF • BEYOND • BRITISH MUSEUM • BURIAL • CEDAR TREE • CEDAR WOOD • CEDAR • CITY OF LONDON • COFFIN • COLOR • COLORED • COLOUR • COLOURED • DAWN • DAYBREAK • DAYTIME: MORNING • DEATH • DECEASED • DECOR • DECORATED • DECORATION • DECORATIONS • DECORATIVE • DEDICATION • DEIR EL BERSHA • DEIR EL-BERSHA • DETAIL • DOCTRINE • EAST SIDE • EAST • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTIANS • EMBLEM • ENGLAND'S • ENGLAND • EPIC • EPIGRAPH • EPITAPH • EXTERIOR • EXTERNAL • EYE OF HORUS • EYE • EYEBALLS • EYES • FAITH • FUNERAL • FUNERARY • GRAVE • GREAT BRITAIN • GUA • HIEROGLYPH • HIEROGLYPHICAL • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • INSCRIPTION • LEGEND • LONDON • LONDON. • LOOK • LOOKING • LUMBER • LUXOR • MIDDLE KINGDOM • MORNING • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OLD OLD OLD OLD STORY SEASON • ORIENT • ORNAMENT • ORNAMENTATION • ORNAMENTS • OUTER • PAINT • PAINTED WOOD • PAINTED • PAINTING ON WOOD • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PAIR OF EYES • PAIR • PIGMENT • POLICROMIA • POLYCHROME WOOD • POLYCHROME • POLYCHROMED • POLYCHROMY • REGISTRATION • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • RITE • SEPULCHER • SÉPULCRE • SIDE • SIMBOLOS • SUNRISE • SYMBOL • SYMBOLS • TEBAS • TEXT • THÈBES • TIMBER • TOMB • TOWARDS • TWO • U. K. • UK • UNITED KINGDOM • VERTICAL LINES • VERTICAL • WADJET • WEDJAT • WOOD • WOODEN • WORD • WRITING • XIX CENTURY