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... The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology - Page 174by Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1894 - 404 pagesFull view - About this book
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1848 - 634 pages
...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,...bodies that are embalmed in the most expensive way. 87. Those who, avoiding great expense, desire the middle way, they prepare in the following manner.... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1852 - 642 pages
...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,...sepulchral chamber, setting it upright against the wali. In this manner they prepare the bodies that are embalmed in the most expensive way. 87. Those... | |
| John Duns - 1863 - 650 pages
...taken the body back again, make a wooden case in the shape of a man, and having made it, they inclose the body; and thus, having fastened it up, they store...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... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1868 - 634 pages
...taken the body back again, make a wooden case in the shape of a man, and having made it, they inclose the body ; and thus, having fastened it up, they store...bodies that are embalmed in the most expensive way. 87. Those who, avoiding great expense, desire the middle way, they prepare in the following manner.... | |
| Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - 1876 - 482 pages
...make a * Arts of Greeks and Romans, vol. i., 38. t Clio, i. 198. wooden case in the shape of a man, and having made it, they enclose the body ; and thus...bodies that are embalmed in the most expensive way."* He then goes on to describe the methods of embalming those whose relations desire it to be effected... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 pages
...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,...bodies that are embalmed in the most expensive way. 87. Those who, avoiding great expense, desire the middle way, they prepare in the following manner.... | |
| Herodotus - 1899 - 626 pages
...taken the body back again, make a wooden case in the shape of a man, and having made it, they inclose the body ; and thus, having fastened it up, they store...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... | |
| Herodotus - 1901 - 626 pages
...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,...bodies that are embalmed in the most expensive way. 87. Those who, avoiding great expense, desire the middle way, they prepa/e. in the following manner.... | |
| Philip Sanford Marden - 1912 - 428 pages
...embalmers], make a wooden case in the shape of a man, and having made it they inclose the body; and having fastened it up, they store it in a sepulchral...upright against the wall. In this manner they prepare bodies that are embalmed in the most expensive way. Those who, avoiding great expense, desire the middle... | |
| Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1964 - 446 pages
...hook, taking part of balming. 1 Papyrus Ebers, Bd. II., Glossarium Hiero°lyphicu:n, by Stern, p. 47. it out in this manner, the rest by the infusion of...bodies that are embalmed in the most expensive way. Second "Those who, avoiding great expense, desire the middle of6em- way, they prepare in the following... | |
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