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Rameses II . when a child . The Rosetta Stone inscribed in honour of Ptolemy V . ,
Epiphanes . . . . . . . . . Egyptian Funeral Procession . I . From the Papyrus of Ani .
Egyptian Funeral Procession . II . From the Papyrus of Ani . View of the Coffin ...
Section of the Tomb of Rameses II . . . Plan of the Tomb of Rameses II . Three
Mastabas at Gizeh . . · · · · Entrance to a Mastaba at Sakkârah . Plan of a Mastaba
with four serdâbs . Longitudinal section of a Mastaba Transverse section of a ...
The Tablet of Abydos , discovered by Dümichen in the Temple of Osiris , at
Abydos , in 1864 , gives the names of seventy - five kings , beginning with Mená
or Menes , and ending with Seti I . , the father of Rameses II . ; it is not a complete
list ...
It is known from a granite stele ? found at Tanis , a city formerly inhabited by the
Apepå kings , that the four hundredth year from the reign of Nubti fell in the reign
of Rameses II . Dr . Birch , 3 Wiedemanno and other Egyptologists , compare this
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Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge. The
Colossi set up in honour of Amenophis III . Thebes . Rameses II , when a child . D
2 EGYPTIAN HISTORY .
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'The Mummy' is an amazing book because it's so much more than a description of how, why and when Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead. Look just through the contents and you'll be amazed at the range of material - as if Wallis Budge had emptied a sackful of knowledge for the learner to pick through. Because that's it's best use, a source book on Ancient Egypt - as long as you remember it's dated and some ideas rejected.
The first few pages introduce and include a list of the nomes (districts) in hieroglyphics and transcriptions. The pages on Egyptian chronology, as well as reviewing problems oof disagreement ammong both sources and scholars includes a useful list of rulers - although the real jewel here, following a good basic history, is a list of 2 of the 5 names available of Pharaohs (hieroglyphics & transcriptions); this is a must for any visitor to inscriptions in museums or Egypt itself. A clear history of the decipherment of hieroglyphics is followed by a useful list of hieroglyphs, useful that is for those looking at REAL inscriptions.Then the book gets into mummies IN DETAIL but beware as, for example when dealing with ushabti, Budge will throw at you a whole paragraph of (untranslated) hieroglyphics - after all, you did read everything before that, didn't you? Then anything and everything is on offer - stelae, coffins, draught-boards,the gods, graves, numbers ..... As I said above it is a book to dpp into and not to read from cover to cover. And that's why I give it 4 stars
PS It's by far the most USEFUL of my books on Ancient Egypt
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| Title | The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology ATLA monograph preservation program |
| Author | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | University Press, 1894 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 0524010471, 9780524010471 |
| Length | 404 pages |
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