The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology |
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... few years very extensive excavations have been made round it by the Egyptian
Government , and several hitherto unseen parts of it have been brought to view .
The Sphinx is hewn out of the living rock , but pieces of stone have been added ...
The obelisk was found broken into three pieces , and in order to render it capable
of sustaining itself , three palms ' length was cut from the base . The texts have
been published by Kircher , Oedipus Aegyptiacus , t . iii . p . 213 ; by Ungarelli ...
After the body had been steeped for a short time in bitumen or natron , or perhaps
merely rubbed with these substances , the few personal ornaments of the man
were placed on it , he was wrapped in one O piece of linen , and with his staff to.
O piece of linen , and with his staff to support his steps , and his sandals to protect
his weary feet in the nether - world , he was laid in a hole or cave , or even in the
sand of the open desert , to set out on his last journey . Trusting in the might of ...
Pieces of linen are then bandaging . torn into strips about three inches wide , and
one edge of each strip is gummed . On one end of each of these the name of Ani
has been written in hieratic characters to facilitate the identification of the ...
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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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