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title: Face from an Egyptian Coffin
author: Mark Cartwright
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4494/face-from-an-egyptian-coffin/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2024-09-24
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# Face from an Egyptian Coffin

_Authored by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/)_

## Image File

[![Face from an Egyptian Coffin](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4494.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4494.jpg)

## Image Caption

A face of a woman fragment from an [Egyptian](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Egyptian/) coffin. [New Kingdom of Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt/), 18th-20th Dynasty, 1550-1070 BCE.

Egyptian Museum, Turin.

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## About the Author

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Cartwright, M. (2016, January 24). Face from an Egyptian Coffin. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4494/face-from-an-egyptian-coffin/>
### Chicago
Cartwright, Mark. "Face from an Egyptian Coffin." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 24, 2016. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4494/face-from-an-egyptian-coffin/>.
### MLA
Cartwright, Mark. "Face from an Egyptian Coffin." *World History Encyclopedia*, 24 Jan 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4494/face-from-an-egyptian-coffin/>.

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