The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology |
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1 - 5 , London , 1857 ) ; Lepsius , Chronologie der Aegypter , Berlin , 1849 ;
Lepsius , Königsbuch , Berlin , 1858 ; Brugsch , Geschichte Aegyptens , Leipzig ,
1859 ( English translation by Danby Seymour and Philip Smith , B . A . , 2 vols . ,
2nd ...
During his reign the story of Senehet was written . For an account of this
remarkable papyrus see the article by Goodwin in Fraser ' s Magazine , No . 422 ,
1865 , and for a translation see Records of the Past , Ist ed . , Vol . VI . , pp . 131 -
150 .
... records the submission to him of a number of Ethiopian tribes . Bar - Hebraeus
relates that there “ reigned in Egypt the fourth king of the Shepherds called
Apapus , fourteen years . Josephus , Contra Apion , i . 14 . translated by Whiston ,
p .
... ܕܝܘܣܦ ܐܫܬܩܟܗܘ ܗܠܝܢ ܡܠܟ̈ܐ : ܡܠܟ̈ܐ ܕܪ̈ܥܘܬܐ .
the but were shut up in a place that contained. · Ed . Bruns , p . 14 , at the top ; ed
. Bedjan , p . 13 , at the top . 2 An English translation is given by Birch in Records
...
... a plan of action . What the decision was the mutilated state of the papyrus
prevents us from knowing , but there is no doubt about the ultimate result of their
deliberations . One of the officers of · Contra Apion . I . 14 , Whiston ' s translation ,
p .
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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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