The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal ArchaeologyBiblo and Tannen, 1964 - 404 pages |
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Page 173
... bitumen , ” and the Arabic word for mummy is , which means a " bitumenized thing , " or a body preserved by bitumen . The Syriac - speaking people called it , the Greeks witτáo- 1 I have reproduced here many paragraphs from my Prefatory ...
... bitumen , ” and the Arabic word for mummy is , which means a " bitumenized thing , " or a body preserved by bitumen . The Syriac - speaking people called it , the Greeks witτáo- 1 I have reproduced here many paragraphs from my Prefatory ...
Page 183
... bitumen are quite black and hard . The features are preserved intact , but the body is heavy and unfair to lock upon . The bitumen penetrates the bones so completely that Bodies pre- it is sometimes difficult to distinguish which is ...
... bitumen are quite black and hard . The features are preserved intact , but the body is heavy and unfair to lock upon . The bitumen penetrates the bones so completely that Bodies pre- it is sometimes difficult to distinguish which is ...
Page 184
... bitumen , and the other in salt only . In the first process every cavity was filled with bitumen , and the hair disappeared ; clearly it is to the bodies which were preserved in this way that the name " mummy " or bitumen was first ...
... bitumen , and the other in salt only . In the first process every cavity was filled with bitumen , and the hair disappeared ; clearly it is to the bodies which were preserved in this way that the name " mummy " or bitumen was first ...
Contents
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Figures of Kings and Private Persons | 49 |
Anpu Anubis | 73 |
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