The Mummy: A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary ArchaeologyUniversity Press, 1925 - 513 pages A discussion of funerary procedures in ancient Egypt, covering mummification, burial practices, ritual texts, tombs and coffins, and other topics, and including background on Egyptian history and religion, a chart of the hieroglyphic alphabet, and other resources. |
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Page ii
... i.e. , hiero- glyphic and demotic , and in Greek ; it enumerates the good works of the king , and orders that additional honours be paid to him and his ancestors . B.M. No. 24 . the king , w ACICO 18 written in two forms.
... i.e. , hiero- glyphic and demotic , and in Greek ; it enumerates the good works of the king , and orders that additional honours be paid to him and his ancestors . B.M. No. 24 . the king , w ACICO 18 written in two forms.
Page xii
... Greek Writers on Egyptian Hieroglyphs John Tzetzes . Hermapion Clement of Alexandria Horapollo Kircher . Zoega 127 128 133 134 137 138 139 Young and Champollion and their Successors 140 Opinions of Egyptologists on the Labours of Young ...
... Greek Writers on Egyptian Hieroglyphs John Tzetzes . Hermapion Clement of Alexandria Horapollo Kircher . Zoega 127 128 133 134 137 138 139 Young and Champollion and their Successors 140 Opinions of Egyptologists on the Labours of Young ...
Page xx
... Greek 3. Ostrakon with a receipt for dock dues paid by Harpaesis , in the reign of Trajan . Inscribed in Greek 4. Coptic letter from Papnoute to Apa Victor XV Chapters of the Book of the Dead , with Vignettes of the Islands of the Blest ...
... Greek 3. Ostrakon with a receipt for dock dues paid by Harpaesis , in the reign of Trajan . Inscribed in Greek 4. Coptic letter from Papnoute to Apa Victor XV Chapters of the Book of the Dead , with Vignettes of the Islands of the Blest ...
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... Greek form came the Latin Aegyptus , and later our Egypt . Naville suggests that the name Egypt is derived from Ageb ... Greeks vóμos , ro Nome . Each nome had its own god , or totem , its chief city , its chief temple , and its own ...
... Greek form came the Latin Aegyptus , and later our Egypt . Naville suggests that the name Egypt is derived from Ageb ... Greeks vóμos , ro Nome . Each nome had its own god , or totem , its chief city , its chief temple , and its own ...
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... Greeks divided Egypt into three parts - Upper , Central and Lower . Central Egypt appears to have been the district between the Thebaïd and the Delta . It was called Heptanomis , and its seven nomes were Memphites , Herak- leopolites ...
... Greeks divided Egypt into three parts - Upper , Central and Lower . Central Egypt appears to have been the district between the Thebaïd and the Delta . It was called Heptanomis , and its seven nomes were Memphites , Herak- leopolites ...
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