The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology |
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The Egyptian was usually of slender build , with broad shoulders , sinewy arms
and legs , and long hands and feet . His head was small , with large eyes , full
cheeks , broad mouth , lips inclined to be full , and square chin . The nose was
short ...
On the other hand Renan , Max Müller , and others , do not admit the connexion
between Egyptian and the Semitic languages in any way whatever . Renan does
not seek to deny that the proposed relationships between Coptic and Semitic ...
... Nubia had to be put down with a B . C . Egyptians strong hand , and he
EGYPTIAN HISTORY . 21.
B . C . Egyptians strong hand , and he marched into that country , and did not
conquer Nubia . leave it until he had wasted the land , destroyed the crops and
carried off the cattle . In the labours of Usertsen III . to suppress these peoples we
...
... guard of soldiers for each told off ; a number of Egyptian ladies and high
officials prepared Expedition to Punt . to accompany the expedition , and the
direction of the whole was put into the hands of the queen ' s most beloved
servant .
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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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The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge Limited preview - 1964 |
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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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