THE DWELLER IN JOY

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD ANTHROPOID COFFIN FROM THE GIZA PLATEAU (CIRCA 8TH CENTURY BCE)

The face smiles,

a happy smile

on a face whose

colours have not faded;

three millennia of joy

on a mummy coffin:

Smile that tells

of faith; of belief

that the heart will weight

as much as a Maat's feather,

that the spirit

will dwell in the Field of Reeds.

06.05.2019