Though separated by thousands of years, an Egyptian sarcophagus within a pyramid, a Christian altar casket in a Gothic church, a Buddhist saint's sarira in a pagoda, and Jewish tefillin boxes that bind the word of God on the body, all contain a precious substance in a sanctified space. As reliquaries and relics, their stratified yet interdependent relationships slip between ritual, devotion, and commemoration.
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