The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal ArchaeologyBiblo and Tannen, 1964 - 404 pages |
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Page 167
... coffin , and pegs driven from the outside of the coffin through them keep them firmly in position . Ani's body having been placed in this coffin , the cover is laid upon it , the ends of the dowels fit into the slots in the sides , and ...
... coffin , and pegs driven from the outside of the coffin through them keep them firmly in position . Ani's body having been placed in this coffin , the cover is laid upon it , the ends of the dowels fit into the slots in the sides , and ...
Page 306
... COFFINS . Egyptian coffins are usually made of wood , but under the Ptolemies and Romans hard stone came into use . The oldest coffin in the world is probably that of Mycerinus , a king of the IVth dynasty , about B.C. 3633 , the world ...
... COFFINS . Egyptian coffins are usually made of wood , but under the Ptolemies and Romans hard stone came into use . The oldest coffin in the world is probably that of Mycerinus , a king of the IVth dynasty , about B.C. 3633 , the world ...
Page 307
... Coffins during the XIth and XIIth dynasties are usually Coffins rectangular in form , with a cover consisting of one flat plank about 21⁄2 inches thick . Both coffin and cover are very rough , and the paintings consist of large stripes ...
... Coffins during the XIth and XIIth dynasties are usually Coffins rectangular in form , with a cover consisting of one flat plank about 21⁄2 inches thick . Both coffin and cover are very rough , and the paintings consist of large stripes ...
Contents
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Figures of Kings and Private Persons | 49 |
Anpu Anubis | 73 |
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The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge Limited preview - 1964 |
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Akerblad alabaster alphabet Amenophis Amenophis III amulet ancient Ani's Anubis Autocrator bandages beetle bitumen body Book British Museum Cæsar called Canopic jars cartouche Cham chamber Champollion chapter characters coffin colour Coptic cover Dead deceased demotic disk Egypt Egyptian embalming example faïence feet funereal glazed faïence gods gold Greek hand Hathor head heart hemt Heru hieratic hieroglyphics Horus inches inscribed inscriptions Isis jars king l'inscription laid large number Lepsius linen lord maṣṭaba Memphis mummy name and titles Naville Nephthys neter ornamented Osiris painted papyrus Paris period placed pollion Ptaḥ Ptolemy pyramid Rameses Rameses II rectangular reign represented Rosetta Stone royal Sacy sarcophagus scarabs scenes scribe sepulchral side Silvestre de Sacy sometimes steatite stelæ stele suten t'etta temple Thebes Thothmes tion tombs translation underworld uræus ushabtiu figures vases wearing wood wooden XIIth XVIIIth dynasty XXVIth dynasty Young δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν