The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal ArchaeologyUniversity Press, 1894 - 404 pages |
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... bodies of their dead , so that they might resist the action of decay , and be ready for the return of the soul . The preservation of the embalmed body , or mummy , was the chief end and aim of every Egyptian who wished for everlasting ...
... bodies of their dead , so that they might resist the action of decay , and be ready for the return of the soul . The preservation of the embalmed body , or mummy , was the chief end and aim of every Egyptian who wished for everlasting ...
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... body and ending with its deposit in the tomb has been added . In the somewhat lengthy chapter on the Rosetta Stone , the evidence of the principal Greek writers on Egyptian hieroglyphics is brought together . The statement of the facts ...
... body and ending with its deposit in the tomb has been added . In the somewhat lengthy chapter on the Rosetta Stone , the evidence of the principal Greek writers on Egyptian hieroglyphics is brought together . The statement of the facts ...
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... body or papyrus Ptah - Seker - Ausår figure which held the papyrus of Anhai , a 215 priestess of Amen , about B.C. 900 Stele of Antef , son of Amen - set • Egyptian gods : - Amen - Rā Amsu · • Rā Heru ( Horus ) Heru - pa - chrat ...
... body or papyrus Ptah - Seker - Ausår figure which held the papyrus of Anhai , a 215 priestess of Amen , about B.C. 900 Stele of Antef , son of Amen - set • Egyptian gods : - Amen - Rā Amsu · • Rā Heru ( Horus ) Heru - pa - chrat ...
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... body is about 150 feet long , the paws are 50 feet long , the head is 30 feet long , the face is 14 feet wide , and from the top of the head to the base of the monument the distance is about 70 feet . Originally there probably were ...
... body is about 150 feet long , the paws are 50 feet long , the head is 30 feet long , the face is 14 feet wide , and from the top of the head to the base of the monument the distance is about 70 feet . Originally there probably were ...
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... body which were found with them in the third pyramid at Gizeh . The reputation which this king left . behind him is that of a good and just ruler . the em- Ra - Har- B.C. 3633 The oldest coffin in the world . 3566 3400 mines The kings ...
... body which were found with them in the third pyramid at Gizeh . The reputation which this king left . behind him is that of a good and just ruler . the em- Ra - Har- B.C. 3633 The oldest coffin in the world . 3566 3400 mines The kings ...
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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 Amāsis Amenophis Amenophis III amulet Ani's Anubis bandages beetle Birch bitumen body Book British Museum bronze called Canopic jars cartouche Cham chamber Champollion chapter characters Cheta coffin colour Coptic cover Dead deceased demotic Diodorus disk embalming example faïence feet funereal glazed faïence gods gold Greek hand Hathor head heart hemt Heru hieratic hieroglyphics Horus Hyksos inscribed inscriptions Isis jars king of Egypt l'inscription large number Lepsius letter linen lord Manetho Memphis mummy name and titles Naville Nephthys neter Nubia obelisk ornamented Osiris painted papyrus Paris period Persians placed pollion Ptaḥ Ptolemy pyramid Rameses Rameses II reign represented Rosetta Stone royal Sacy sarcophagus says scarabs scenes scribe sepulchral Seti side sometimes steatite stelæ stele suten t'etta temple Thebes Thothmes tion tombs translation underworld uræus ushabtiu figures vases wearing XIIth XVIIIth dynasty XXVIth dynasty Young δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν