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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... century B.C. And if we are to believe , as some authorities do , that the Sumerian and Egyptian civilizations were ... centuries of the fourth millennium before Christ . As concerning the List of Cartouches given herein , the addition of ...
... century B.C. And if we are to believe , as some authorities do , that the Sumerian and Egyptian civilizations were ... centuries of the fourth millennium before Christ . As concerning the List of Cartouches given herein , the addition of ...
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... century ago . In like manner the valuable service which Lepsius rendered to Champollion's system is usually ignored in modern times . By his " Lettre à M. le Professeur I. Rosellini sur l'Alphabet Hiéroglyphique " ( see Annali dell ...
... century ago . In like manner the valuable service which Lepsius rendered to Champollion's system is usually ignored in modern times . By his " Lettre à M. le Professeur I. Rosellini sur l'Alphabet Hiéroglyphique " ( see Annali dell ...
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... century A.D. • • • 2. Stone figure of the Ba , or human soul . From Nubia . Meroïtic Period . 1. Menȧt of Hathor made for Amenḥetep III . XVIIIth dynasty 2. Aegis of Shu and Tefnut made for Amenḥetep III . XVIIIth dynasty 3. Bricks and ...
... century A.D. • • • 2. Stone figure of the Ba , or human soul . From Nubia . Meroïtic Period . 1. Menȧt of Hathor made for Amenḥetep III . XVIIIth dynasty 2. Aegis of Shu and Tefnut made for Amenḥetep III . XVIIIth dynasty 3. Bricks and ...
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... century A.D. 2. Sepulchral stele of John , a Coptic monk . VIIIth or IXth century A.D. 1. Painted wooden tomb - figure . IXth or Xth dynasty 2. Green stone statue of an official wearing a gold crown , mask , and chain of gold . Date un ...
... century A.D. 2. Sepulchral stele of John , a Coptic monk . VIIIth or IXth century A.D. 1. Painted wooden tomb - figure . IXth or Xth dynasty 2. Green stone statue of an official wearing a gold crown , mask , and chain of gold . Date un ...
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... century.2 Attempts have been made to date objects by the depths at which they have been found in it , but all such calculations are useless , because stone and metal objects work their way through the mud more easily than those made of ...
... century.2 Attempts have been made to date objects by the depths at which they have been found in it , but all such calculations are useless , because stone and metal objects work their way through the mud more easily than those made of ...
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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