Funerals
We know how the ancient Egyptians conducted their funerals because they depicted the proceedings on the walls of their tombs during the New Kingdom (c.1550_c.1069Bc ). The most detailed portrayals of events are to be found in non-royal tombs. The mummy passed in procession from the embalming house to the tomb, the attendant grandeur depending on the wealth and status of the individual concerned. The mummy usually lay in an open booth shaped like shrine and bedecked with funerary bouquets. This was mounted on a boat –shaped bier which in turn sat on a sled drawn by oxen. A priest walked in front of the bier, sprinkling milk and burning incense. The canopic  chest was dragged or carried behind the bier. All manner of funerary goods and food offerings were also carried in the procession , destined for burial alongside the body. One of the more enigmatic components of the procession was the (tekenu) , a human-headed sack-like object usually depicted in wall paintings and reliefs being drawn by cattle on a sled . Its significance is very uncertain but it has been suggested that this was a sack containing those parts of the body that were not actually mummified or placed in the canopic jars, but were nevertheless regarded as essential for the rebirth of the deceased into the Afterlife. 
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