The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 58
Page 205
money which they could afford to spend upon a copy of the Book of the Dead on the artists ' work for pictures , while they left the execution of the text to an inferior scribe . Although many of the faulty readings which occur in the ...
money which they could afford to spend upon a copy of the Book of the Dead on the artists ' work for pictures , while they left the execution of the text to an inferior scribe . Although many of the faulty readings which occur in the ...
Page 207
In a small quarto volume published a few months later , we have four chapters in which are discussed the Theban edition of the Book of the Dead , its history , its importance and the manner in which it was written ; the description of ...
In a small quarto volume published a few months later , we have four chapters in which are discussed the Theban edition of the Book of the Dead , its history , its importance and the manner in which it was written ; the description of ...
Page 209
The commonest name for the Book of the Dead in Egyptian generally translated by “ coming forth , or going out , by day ; ” Dead . this was probably only a conventional name , and may account for the difficulty which scholars have had in ...
The commonest name for the Book of the Dead in Egyptian generally translated by “ coming forth , or going out , by day ; ” Dead . this was probably only a conventional name , and may account for the difficulty which scholars have had in ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
Egyptian Chronology | 10 |
The History of Egypt Dynasties I XXX | 18 |
List of Egyptian Dynasties and the dates assigned to them | 69 |
Copyright | |
13 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge Limited preview - 1964 |
Common terms and phrases
According amulet ancient appears arms Assyria bandages beautiful belong body Book British Museum bronze brought built called Canopic jars carried chamber Champollion chapter characters coffin colours common contains copies cover crown Dead deceased disk dynasty Egypt Egyptian embalming example face faïence feet figures four funereal give given glazed gods gold Greek hand head heart hieroglyphics holds Horus inches inscribed inscriptions Isis jars king known laid land length linen living lord Lower Memphis mummy objects offerings opened ornamented Osiris painted papyrus Paris period Persians person pieces placed preserved probably protection Ptolemy published pyramid Rameses reads reign represented round royal says scarabs scenes shape side sometimes standing stelæ stone temple Thebes Thothmes tion tombs translation usually various vases walls wearing wood writing written Young