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 ix
... Young , London , 1855 , and the extracts from contemporary letters and papers on the subject given by Leitch in his edition of the b Miscellaneous Works by the late Thomas Young , London , PREFACE ix.
... Young , London , 1855 , and the extracts from contemporary letters and papers on the subject given by Leitch in his edition of the b Miscellaneous Works by the late Thomas Young , London , PREFACE ix.
Page x
... Young , London , 1855 , prove that the work of Young on the hieroglyphs and that of Åkerblad on Demotic were of far more importance than is usually attributed to them . Young was the first to realize the phonetic character of Egyptian ...
... Young , London , 1855 , prove that the work of Young on the hieroglyphs and that of Åkerblad on Demotic were of far more importance than is usually attributed to them . Young was the first to realize the phonetic character of Egyptian ...
Page xii
... Young and Champollion and their Successors 140 Opinions of Egyptologists on the Labours of Young and Cham-
... Young and Champollion and their Successors 140 Opinions of Egyptologists on the Labours of Young and Cham-
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... Young and Cham- pollion Method of Decipherment Egyptian Hieroglyphic Alphabet Coptic Alphabet • THE EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE age . EGYPTIAN WRITING : 155 162 163 164 164 Hieroglyphic , Hieratic and Demotic . EGYPTIAN WRITING MATERIALS : 168 ...
... Young and Cham- pollion Method of Decipherment Egyptian Hieroglyphic Alphabet Coptic Alphabet • THE EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE age . EGYPTIAN WRITING : 155 162 163 164 164 Hieroglyphic , Hieratic and Demotic . EGYPTIAN WRITING MATERIALS : 168 ...
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... young and only reigned 5 years ( 7 according to Manetho ) . His chief interest lay in developing relations with the Nubian and Sûdânî kings , about whose countries he must have heard much from Una . On his accession he appointed this ...
... young and only reigned 5 years ( 7 according to Manetho ) . His chief interest lay in developing relations with the Nubian and Sûdânî kings , about whose countries he must have heard much from Una . On his accession he appointed this ...
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Abydos Åkerblad alphabet Åmen Amenḥetep amulet ancient Ani's Anubis bandages beetle body Book British Museum bronze Brugsch buried called cartouche chamber Champollion Chapter characters coffin colour contains Copt Coptic dead deceased demotic disk Egyptian Égyptiens embalming example faïence feet figures funerary glazed Gnostic goddess gods gold granite Greek Hathor head heart hieratic hieroglyphic Horus Hyksos inches inscribed inscription Isis jars king Kingdom Lepsius linen London Lower Egypt Manetho Maspero maṣṭabah Memphis monuments mummy Nephthys Nile Nubia obelisk Osiris painted Papyrus Paris Pepi period placed prenomen priests probably Ptaḥ Ptolemy pyramid Rameses Rameses II Recension rectangular reign represented Rosetta Stone Saïte sarcophagus says scarabs scribe Seti Shabti side stele Sûdân temple Theban Thebes thee Thothmes tomb translation Upper Egypt uraeus Usertsen Utchat vases Vignettes VIth wearing wooden words XIIth XIXth XVIIIth dynasty XXVIth δὲ καὶ