The punishment of the dead is his main theme here. He thinks they thought that justice compelled them to take almost the opposite position of the ancient Egyptians. Only the condemned had graves, he says, opposing the general view that only the most honored were entombed, and he posits those graves were more gaols than places of honor. He goes further, saying these were immured alive for rape, murder, and blasphemy. I never understood the argument, but it is linguistic, and I never understood linguistics either. The burial of their gods, he thinks, fits the pattern. They judged their gods.
Dreams and Dreamers
Tale Told 