Knowra Grave goods Grave goods Grave goods are objects deliberately placed in a burial with the deceased. They can reflect identity, social status, ritual practice, or beliefs about life after death.
Ancient Egyptian funerary practices : Rituals and customs surrounding death and burial in ancient Egypt. Tombs could contain provisions, amulets, and furnishings intended to support the deceased beyond death.
Tutankhamun's tomb : The largely intact tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in 1922. Its furnishings, chariots, and ritual objects offer an unusually rich royal burial assemblage.
Funerary archaeology : The archaeological study of burial practices, graves, and human remains. It examines grave goods alongside bodies, tomb structures, and burial context.
Funerary offering : A gift or substance presented to the dead or used in a funerary rite. Offerings may be consumed or deposited during ritual rather than retained as grave goods.
Viking burial : Scandinavian funerary practices during the Viking Age, including cremation and inhumation. Weapons, tools, and jewelry in some graves expressed roles and status as well as funerary beliefs.
Sutton Hoo : An early medieval Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Suffolk, England, including a ship burial. The ship burial’s weapons, ornaments, and vessels reveal elite funerary display.
Grave goods assemblage : The set of objects recovered together from a particular grave. Associations among objects can reveal patterns that isolated artifacts cannot.
Cenotaph : A monument honoring a dead person whose body is buried elsewhere or missing. A cenotaph can contain commemorative objects without being the deceased’s burial.
Burial of the Terracotta Army : The burial complex of Qin Shi Huang, guarded by thousands of life-size terracotta figures. Its figures and furnishings show how a ruler’s tomb could reproduce an imagined afterlife court.
Terracotta Army : A collection of life-size terracotta warriors buried near the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. The figures served as burial provisions on an imperial scale.
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