<p><span style="color: #003366; font-weight: bold;">Help us to preserve the Amarna coffins</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Since 2006, the Amarna Project has been investigating a cemetery for the non-elite of Amarna, excavations that are shedding fascinating new light onto life in Akhenaten&rsquo;s city.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">One major discovery has been a group of four wooden coffins painted with scenes of offering bearers and funerary texts. These are unique. The only decorated non-royal coffins found in over 100 years of excavation at Amarna, they form the single most important collection of evidence for the funerary beliefs of Akhenaten&rsquo;s people.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But the coffins are in a fragile state. Badly deteriorated, they require extensive conservation before they can be fully studied, and to ensure their long-term survival. The aim is that some will one day be available for public display.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003366;">Can you help us look after the Amarna coffins?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Your donation will help cover the costs of transport, accommodation, chemicals and equipment for a small team of volunteer conservators, scheduled to participate in the late 2012 field season.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">No donation is too small &ndash; every little bit makes a difference.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your interest in our work and for visiting our Justgiving page.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Amarna Project Team.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">For more information on the cemetery excavations, please visit:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a title="Amarna South Tombs Cemetery excavations" href="http://www.amarnaproject.com/pages/recent_projects/excavation/south_tombs_cemetery/">#mce_temp_url#</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>