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 11
... built the pyramids and the temples and tombs which have excited the wonder and admiration of the civilized world for thousands of years . But there is in the indigenous Egyptian a persistence which has made him outlast all the great ...
... built the pyramids and the temples and tombs which have excited the wonder and admiration of the civilized world for thousands of years . But there is in the indigenous Egyptian a persistence which has made him outlast all the great ...
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... Built ( IVth dynasty ) .. End of the Old Kingdom ( VIIIth dynasty ) Middle Kingdom ( XIth dynasty ) Beginning of XIIth dynasty End of XIIth dynasty End of Middle Kingdom XVIIIth dynasty— Aāḥmes I .. .. .. Amenḥetep ( Amenōphis ) I ...
... Built ( IVth dynasty ) .. End of the Old Kingdom ( VIIIth dynasty ) Middle Kingdom ( XIth dynasty ) Beginning of XIIth dynasty End of XIIth dynasty End of Middle Kingdom XVIIIth dynasty— Aāḥmes I .. .. .. Amenḥetep ( Amenōphis ) I ...
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... built tomb at Abydos , and the ebony plaques found in it prove that in his reign the Egyptians were able to arrange hieroglyphs in such a way as to form sentences with connected meanings . The influence under which they acquired this ...
... built tomb at Abydos , and the ebony plaques found in it prove that in his reign the Egyptians were able to arrange hieroglyphs in such a way as to form sentences with connected meanings . The influence under which they acquired this ...
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... built of stone and measured 17 by 10 by 6 feet . The chambers close by contained vases in stone and copper , flint and copper weapons , jars of various shapes and sizes , grain , etc. Khā - sekhemui was succeeded by his son Tcheser ...
... built of stone and measured 17 by 10 by 6 feet . The chambers close by contained vases in stone and copper , flint and copper weapons , jars of various shapes and sizes , grain , etc. Khā - sekhemui was succeeded by his son Tcheser ...
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... built of brick and is about 300 feet long and 150 feet wide . Little is known of the reign of Tcheser , but it seems that he was very active as a builder , and that he was the first king of Egypt to erect the " stepped tower , " which ...
... built of brick and is about 300 feet long and 150 feet wide . Little is known of the reign of Tcheser , but it seems that he was very active as a builder , and that he was the first king of Egypt to erect the " stepped tower , " which ...
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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