The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology |
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The discovery of the steps which led up to the Sphinx , a smaller Sphinx , and an
open temple , etc . , was made by Caviglia , who first excavated this monument ;
within the last few years very extensive excavations have been made round it by
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Manetho says that “ the Shepherds built a wall round all this place , which was a
large and strong wall , and this in order to keep all their possessions and their
prey within a place of strength , but that Thummosis the son of Alisphragmuthosis
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... they informed Rameses that the chief of the Cheta was encamped behind
Kadesh , and that he had succeeded in gathering together a multitude of soldiers
and chariots from the countries round about . Rameses summoned his officers to
his ...
Necho also sent Phænician seamen to sail round Africa , bidding them to set out
from Suez and come home by way of the Strait of Gibraltar ; on their return , they
stated in proof of their having accomplished their task , that they had seen the ...
Nectanebus on his part fortified each of the seven mouths of the Nile , giving
particular attention to strengthening the defences Egyptians flood the on the
Pelusiac mouth , and he flooded the whole country De round . When the Persian
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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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