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 viii
... chambers in the tombs in which they were laid , enable us to re- construct the history of the daily life of the Egyptians ; and the inscriptions and objects found in the graves and tombs supply us with exact information as to their ...
... chambers in the tombs in which they were laid , enable us to re- construct the history of the daily life of the Egyptians ; and the inscriptions and objects found in the graves and tombs supply us with exact information as to their ...
Page xxiv
... chamber , the pit and the sarcophagus chamber of a Maṣṭabah . • · Maṣṭabah at Gîzah with double pit Winnowing wheat 377 378 378 378 378 378 378 386 396 397 397 397 398 399 Netting wild fowl Bakers making bread Cattle on the march From a ...
... chamber , the pit and the sarcophagus chamber of a Maṣṭabah . • · Maṣṭabah at Gîzah with double pit Winnowing wheat 377 378 378 378 378 378 378 386 396 397 397 397 398 399 Netting wild fowl Bakers making bread Cattle on the march From a ...
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... chamber that was intended to hold the body was 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 ...
... chamber that was intended to hold the body was 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 ...
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... chambers were fluted stone pillars . Reckoning the cubit at 18 inches . But if the large cubit of 20 inches is intended the ships were 1663 feet in length . 7 Red granite statue of Betchmes , a royal kinsman 30 OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF ...
... chambers were fluted stone pillars . Reckoning the cubit at 18 inches . But if the large cubit of 20 inches is intended the ships were 1663 feet in length . 7 Red granite statue of Betchmes , a royal kinsman 30 OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF ...
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... chamber . One of the stone pyramids at Dahshûr is also supposed to have been built by Seneferu . He was one of the first to use a " Horus of gold " name , The chief wife of Seneferu was called Merit - tefs , . After her husband's death ...
... chamber . One of the stone pyramids at Dahshûr is also supposed to have been built by Seneferu . He was one of the first to use a " Horus of gold " name , The chief wife of Seneferu was called Merit - tefs , . After her husband's death ...
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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