Roxana wrote:
The Great Pyramid is a tomb. The 'coffer' is a sarcophagus.

Agreed.

I thought it would be easier to use the shorter word 'Coffer' because I don't want to write 'Khufu's sarcophagus' again and again if this thread takes off.

You are, however, correct, so I have changed the title of the thread.

I suppose that the description of the sarcophagus as a 'Coffer' is a reminder that a great treasure has been lost because it is empty, and in this case the treasure was not gold but Khufu's mummy.

Thanks

Mark

PS

'The treasure dug up is not gold, but history... every day there is a new light on the past.'
William Matthew Flinders Petrie, 1886



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/18/2018 04:20PM by Mark Heaton.