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timelets ([personal profile] timelets) wrote2019-10-19 08:42 pm

The invention of the glass coffin

“When they have dried the corpse, whether according to the Egyptian method or otherwise, they plaster the whole body with gypsum, then decorate it with paint to resemble the appearance of the person as closely as possible. Next they enclose it in a hollow column of crystal, which they excavate in great quantities and which is easy to work. [3] The painted corpse is visible from where it is placed in the middle of the column, and while it has every appearance of being the natural body itself, it gives off no unpleasant odor or any other unseemly effect. ”

--- Herodotus: Histories.


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[personal profile] juan_gandhi 2019-10-20 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Вот интересно, да; египтяне могли - а в средние века итальянцы ни хрена не могли каменный гроб выдолбить, потеряли умение.
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[personal profile] juan_gandhi 2019-10-20 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Хрусталь, в смысле.

Первый раз слышу про хрустальные колонны. Может быть, это все сказки.
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[personal profile] chuka_lis 2019-10-20 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
сказка ложь, да в ней намек..