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Sinai was called Mafkata , " the land of the bluish - green stone . ” Seneferu is
Pyramid of said to have built the Pyramid of Mêdûm , called in Egyptian Mêdûm .
A Chã , and in Arabic El - Haram el - Kaddåb , “ the false B.C. 3733 pyramid .
Sinai was called Mafkata , " the land of the bluish - green stone . ” Seneferu is
Pyramid of said to have built the Pyramid of Mêdûm , called in Egyptian Mêdûm .
A Chã , and in Arabic El - Haram el - Kaddåb , “ the false B.C. 3733 pyramid .
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The cher - heb next provides a large and handsome scarab made of green basalt
which is set in a frame of gold , over the back of it is a horizontal band of the same
metal , at right angles to which , on the side of the tail of the beetle , runs ...
The cher - heb next provides a large and handsome scarab made of green basalt
which is set in a frame of gold , over the back of it is a horizontal band of the same
metal , at right angles to which , on the side of the tail of the beetle , runs ...
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... hands are next fastened to the breast. The whole coffin, inside and out, is next
covered with a thin layer of plaster; over this a coat of light yellow varnish is
painted, and the scenes and inscriptions are painted on it in red, light and dark
green, ...
... hands are next fastened to the breast. The whole coffin, inside and out, is next
covered with a thin layer of plaster; over this a coat of light yellow varnish is
painted, and the scenes and inscriptions are painted on it in red, light and dark
green, ...
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From the XVIIIth to the XXIst dynasties the mummies of Memphis are black, and
so dry that they fall to pieces at the slightest touch ; the cavity of the breast is filled
with amulets of all kinds, and the green stone scarab inscribed with the XXXth ...
From the XVIIIth to the XXIst dynasties the mummies of Memphis are black, and
so dry that they fall to pieces at the slightest touch ; the cavity of the breast is filled
with amulets of all kinds, and the green stone scarab inscribed with the XXXth ...
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17,173), in which two men on horseback, four dogs, flowers, etc., are woven in
green and yellow on a reddish ground. The whole is inside a circular border
ornamented with flowers. This piece of silk is sewn on a piece of fine yellow silk
which ...
17,173), in which two men on horseback, four dogs, flowers, etc., are woven in
green and yellow on a reddish ground. The whole is inside a circular border
ornamented with flowers. This piece of silk is sewn on a piece of fine yellow silk
which ...
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Page 55 - After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates : and Josiah went out against him. 21. But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah ? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war : for God commanded me to make haste : forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
Page 48 - And it came to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem : and he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house ; he even took away all : and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page 55 - What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah ? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war : for God commanded me to make haste : forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. And the archers shot at king Josiah ; and...
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Page 170 - At the expiration of the seventy days they wash the corpse, and wrap the whole body in bandages of flaxen cloth, smearing it with gum, which the Egyptians commonly use instead of glue. After this the relations, having taken the body back again, make a wooden case in the shape of a man, and having made it, they enclose the body ; and thus, having fastened it up, they store it in a sepulchral chamber, setting it upright against the wall.
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| Title | The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology |
| Author | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | University Press, 1894 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 12 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 404 pages |
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