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Usually two or three different kinds of linen cloth are used in bandaging mummies . Mummy cloths are with very few exceptions quite plain , and it is only in the Greek times that the fine outer linen covering is decorated with figures ...
Usually two or three different kinds of linen cloth are used in bandaging mummies . Mummy cloths are with very few exceptions quite plain , and it is only in the Greek times that the fine outer linen covering is decorated with figures ...
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Bronze statues were usually cast in moulds , in one or more pieces , the core being made of sand or earth . When cast in pieces the limbs were soldered together and the edges smoothed with a file or scraper .
Bronze statues were usually cast in moulds , in one or more pieces , the core being made of sand or earth . When cast in pieces the limbs were soldered together and the edges smoothed with a file or scraper .
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Ta - urt o Q , , , or Thoueris , was the wife of Set , and she is usually represented in bronze and faïence with the head and body of a hippopotamus , the hind - quarters of a lion , and the tail of a crocodile .
Ta - urt o Q , , , or Thoueris , was the wife of Set , and she is usually represented in bronze and faïence with the head and body of a hippopotamus , the hind - quarters of a lion , and the tail of a crocodile .
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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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