Back into Nut’s Womb: The Evolution, Contextualisation, and Significance of Burial Containers in Ancient Egypt from the Old Kingdom Onward presents a systematic analysis of Egyptian burial containers from the Old Kingdom to the early New Kingdom. The study addresses stone sarcophagi alongside wooden, pottery, mud, and plant-fibre (“reed”) coffins within a unified analytical framework. Drawing on both newly excavated and museum-held material, with particular emphasis on evidence from Abusir, the volume examines developmental trajectories, material interrelations, transformations in decorative schemes, and shifts in funerary concepts. Individual chapters include case studies of previously understudied coffin types, propose new typological classifications, and contextualise Old Kingdom material within a broader chronological framework extending into the Middle and New Kingdoms. Overall, the monograph contributes to the study of early Egyptian funerary practices by integrating material, formal, and symbolic perspectives of the burial containers.