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Page 47
This wonderful papyrus, which measures 135 feet by 17 inches, was published in
facsimile by the Trustees of the British Museum, with an introduction and
translation by Dr. Birch. Of Rameses IV. little is known beyond the fact that he
carried on ...
This wonderful papyrus, which measures 135 feet by 17 inches, was published in
facsimile by the Trustees of the British Museum, with an introduction and
translation by Dr. Birch. Of Rameses IV. little is known beyond the fact that he
carried on ...
Page 109
When complete the stele must have been about twelve inches longer than it is
now , and the top was probably rounded and inscribed , like that of the Stele of
Canopus , with a winged disk , having pendent uræi , that on the right wearing Q
...
When complete the stele must have been about twelve inches longer than it is
now , and the top was probably rounded and inscribed , like that of the Stele of
Canopus , with a winged disk , having pendent uræi , that on the right wearing Q
...
Page 160
The body is first balmment . washed and then laid upon the ground , and one of
the assistants traces with ink on the left side , over the groin , a line , some few
inches long , to indicate where the incision is to be made in the body ; another ...
The body is first balmment . washed and then laid upon the ground , and one of
the assistants traces with ink on the left side , over the groin , a line , some few
inches long , to indicate where the incision is to be made in the body ; another ...
Page 163
Pieces of linen are then torn into strips about three inches wide, and one edge of
each strip is gummed. On one end of each of these the name of Ani has been
written in hieratic characters to facilitate the identification of the mummy during
the ...
Pieces of linen are then torn into strips about three inches wide, and one edge of
each strip is gummed. On one end of each of these the name of Ani has been
written in hieratic characters to facilitate the identification of the mummy during
the ...
Page 166
It is in the form of a mummy, and the sycamore planks of which it is made are
about two inches thick; the bottom is in one piece, as is also each of the sides, the
rounded head-piece is cut out of a solid piece of wood, and the foot-piece is also
...
It is in the form of a mummy, and the sycamore planks of which it is made are
about two inches thick; the bottom is in one piece, as is also each of the sides, the
rounded head-piece is cut out of a solid piece of wood, and the foot-piece is also
...
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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...
Page 26 - ... upon his despair of taking the place by that siege, they came to a composition with them, that they should leave Egypt and go, without any harm to be done...
Page 5 - The second stage, in which two or more roots coalesce to form a word, the one retaining its radical independence, the other sinking down to a mere termination, I call the Terminational Stage.
Page 168 - 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.
Page 23 - HYC, according to the sacred dialect, denotes a king, as is Sos, a shepherd ; but this according to the ordinary dialect ; and of these is compounded HYCSOS : but some say that these people were Arabians.
Page 324 - Nile, others he ordered to receive the stones when transported in vessels across the river, and to drag them to the mountain called the Libyan. And they worked to the number of a hundred thousand men at a time, each party during three months. The time...
Page 169 - Those who, avoiding great expense, desire the middle way, they prepare in the following manner. When they have charged their syringes with oil made from cedar, they fill the abdomen of the corpse without making any incision or taking out the bowels, but inject it at the fundament ; and having prevented the injection from escaping, they steep the body in...
Page 26 - Syria; but that as they were in fear of the Assyrians, who had then the dominion over Asia, they built a city in that country which is now called...
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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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