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Having arrived there he takes Ani's body into Ani's body his charge , and proceeds to discuss the method by which the given to body shall be preserved , and the style of the funeral . While the emhis assistants are taking away the body ...
Having arrived there he takes Ani's body into Ani's body his charge , and proceeds to discuss the method by which the given to body shall be preserved , and the style of the funeral . While the emhis assistants are taking away the body ...
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When this question has been settled , the embalmers take the body into their charge , and they hand it to those who are fully acquainted with the process of embalming . The first of these called the “ scribe " ( ypappateùs ) makes a ...
When this question has been settled , the embalmers take the body into their charge , and they hand it to those who are fully acquainted with the process of embalming . The first of these called the “ scribe " ( ypappateùs ) makes a ...
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The bodies which have been filled with resin or some such substance , are of a greenish colour , and the skin has the appearance of being tanned . ... The features are preserved intact , but the body is heavy and unfair to look upon .
The bodies which have been filled with resin or some such substance , are of a greenish colour , and the skin has the appearance of being tanned . ... The features are preserved intact , but the body is heavy and unfair to look upon .
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Contents
The Egyptian Race and Language | 1 |
Egyptian Chronology | 10 |
The History of Egypt Dynasties I XXX | 18 |
Copyright | |
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The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge Limited preview - 1964 |
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