The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology |
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The shape of the pyramid is oblong , and the arrange . ment of the chambers
inside is peculiar to itself . worked in Budge , The Nile , Notes for Travellers
EGYPTIAN HISTORY . II.
and more bandages are wound round the body horizontally , until , little by little ,
it loses its shape beneath thern . When a length of about three hundred cubits
has been used in folds and bandages , a coarse piece of linen is laid on the body
...
They are shaped in the form of a woman . The body is stained a deep creamy
colour , the colour of the skin of the Egyptian lady , who guarded herself from the
rays of the sun ; the hair is black , and we see that it is movable ; when we lift it off
...
After this the relations , having taken the body back again , make a wooden case
in the shape of a man , and having made it , they enclose the body ; and thus ,
having fastened it up , they store it in a sepulchral chainber , setting it upright ...
About B . C . 100 mummies were very carefully bandaged ; each limb was treated
separately , and retained its natural shape after bandaging , and the features of
the face , somewhat blunted , are to be distinguished beneath the bandages .
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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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