The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology |
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perishable body 2 be given for these four component parts of the whole of a man to drift away one from the other , and to prevent this the xa must be preserved in such a way that cach limb of it may meetly be identified with a god ...
perishable body 2 be given for these four component parts of the whole of a man to drift away one from the other , and to prevent this the xa must be preserved in such a way that cach limb of it may meetly be identified with a god ...
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Often the same formula is repeated on all four jars . CHESTS FOR CANOPIC JARS . The chests , or coffers , which held Canopic jars were made of wood , and were usually painted black ; they were fitted on a kind of sledge with two runners ...
Often the same formula is repeated on all four jars . CHESTS FOR CANOPIC JARS . The chests , or coffers , which held Canopic jars were made of wood , and were usually painted black ; they were fitted on a kind of sledge with two runners ...
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After the XXVIth dynasty sarcophagi are sometimes rounded at the head , and the covers have human faces ; they are ornamented with rows of figures of gods , the four children of Horus , a number of genii of the netherworld ...
After the XXVIth dynasty sarcophagi are sometimes rounded at the head , and the covers have human faces ; they are ornamented with rows of figures of gods , the four children of Horus , a number of genii of the netherworld ...
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Contents
Egyptian Chronology | 10 |
The History of Egypt Dynasties I XXX | 18 |
List of Egyptian Dynasties and the dates assigned to them | 69 |
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The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge Limited preview - 1964 |
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