What were the pillows of ancient egyptians in tombs made of?
Pillow use has been associated with the mummies and tombs of ancient Egypt dating back to 2055-1985 B.C. Ancient Egyptian pillows were wooden or stone headrests. These pillows were mostly used by placing them under the heads of the deceased because the head of a human was considered to be the essence of life and sacred. The ancient Egyptians used these wooden or stone pillows in order to provide support to a corpse’s head, uphold body vigor, keep blood circulating, and keep demons away.
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infogalactic
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erik hughes
"Keep blood circulating"? Aren't "ancient Egyptians in a tomb" mummified? (i.e., bled-out and all organs removed)?
Player
There were only three options to this question. I chose cotton because it is more comfortable than stone.
Cujo
Nipponese pillows of ceramic. Cradles your head, makes tossing and turning a non factor, incredibly comfortable, and shaped like suspension bridge.
Player
littledick, even living Egyptians slept on stone pillows
Alexandre Petersen
Both wood and stone are correct answers! PAY attention to your quizzes and the answers provided!
littledick
Stone, what else? If these pillows are used in tombs as the question says, what need is there for comfort?
Carol Thomson
Seen them in Cairo museum
teresab
10/10. Got my mojo back.
dsneed
It took a couple of blinks of my eyes to come up with the right answer this time, but I did. Yay me.
pamela h
Didn't know they had pillows. At first I it said pillars. Stone was the only answer that seemed logical
Susannah Landis
Poorly written question.
Annie
Got it !
jack patti go
Got it!
Peter Robertson
David Stokes, Actually the question was about mummies in tombs!
Joyce Greenlees
Jas Newman, wood was not given as a choice. It was wool, cotton or stone.