The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 29
Page 177
When they have done this, they carry out the body to be embalmed. ... And they
show that which they say is the most expensive manner of embalming, the name
of which * I do not think it right to mention on such an occasion ; they then show ...
When they have done this, they carry out the body to be embalmed. ... And they
show that which they say is the most expensive manner of embalming, the name
of which * I do not think it right to mention on such an occasion ; they then show ...
Page 179
“The third method of embalming is this, which is used only for the poorer sort.
Having thoroughly rinsed the abdomen in syrmaea, they steep it with natrum for
70 days, and then deliver it to be carried away.” " According to Genesis l.
“The third method of embalming is this, which is used only for the poorer sort.
Having thoroughly rinsed the abdomen in syrmaea, they steep it with natrum for
70 days, and then deliver it to be carried away.” " According to Genesis l.
Page 180
I)etails of embalming. A 250; the second twenty minae, about £60; and the third
cost very little indeed. The people who practise the art of embalming belong to a
class of men in whose families this profession is hereditary, and they set down in
...
I)etails of embalming. A 250; the second twenty minae, about £60; and the third
cost very little indeed. The people who practise the art of embalming belong to a
class of men in whose families this profession is hereditary, and they set down in
...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
The Land of Egypt | 7 |
The History of Egypt Dynasties I XXX I I64 | 18 |
List of Nomes of Upper and Lower Fgypt 7075 | 70 |
Copyright | |
16 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
Akerblad alabaster Amen-Ră Amenophis Amenophis III amulet Ani's Anubis bandages beetle Birch body British Museum bronze called cartouche chamber Champollion chapter characters Cheta coffin colour Coptic cover Dead deceased demotic disk embalming example faience feet funereal Gizeh glazed gods gold granite Greek hand Hāpi Hathor hawk head heart hemt Heru hieratic hieroglyphics Horus Hyksos inches inscribed inscriptions Isis jars king of Egypt large number Lepsius linen lord Lower Egypt Manetho mastaba Memphis mummy Nephthys neter Nubia º º ornamented Osiris painted papyrus Paris period Persians placed prenomen Ptah Ptolemy pyramid Rameses Rameses II rectangular reign represented Rosetta Stone royal Sacy sarcophagus scarabs scenes scribe sepulchral Seti side ſº sometimes steatite stelae stele Suten temple Thebes Thothmes tion tombs tubes uraeus ushabtiu figures vases wearing wood XIIth XIXth XVIIIth XXVIth dynasty Young
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology |
| Author | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Biblo and Tannen, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 Jan 2018 |
| Length | 404 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |