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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... character of Egyptian hieroglyphs , and he was the first to obtain the correct values of several of them . Champollion adopted his methods and used his values , without acknowledgment , and those who were unac- quainted with the facts ...
... character of Egyptian hieroglyphs , and he was the first to obtain the correct values of several of them . Champollion adopted his methods and used his values , without acknowledgment , and those who were unac- quainted with the facts ...
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... character , dated in the reign of Heremḥeb . XVIIIth dynasty 1. Painted and gilded cartonnage case for the wife of a Roman official in Egypt . About A.D. 200-300 2. Mummy of Artemidorus , with a Greek inscription . About A.D. 300 1 ...
... character , dated in the reign of Heremḥeb . XVIIIth dynasty 1. Painted and gilded cartonnage case for the wife of a Roman official in Egypt . About A.D. 200-300 2. Mummy of Artemidorus , with a Greek inscription . About A.D. 300 1 ...
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... character than that of the Egyptians , and their gods were represented in human forms.1 It was their influence that caused the Egyptians of a later date to give human bodies to their bird gods , animal gods , and reptile gods . It seems ...
... character than that of the Egyptians , and their gods were represented in human forms.1 It was their influence that caused the Egyptians of a later date to give human bodies to their bird gods , animal gods , and reptile gods . It seems ...
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... character . Pepi I was succeeded by his eldest son Merenrā I Meḥtiemsaf ( the Menthesuphis of Manetho ) , whose mother was one of two sisters , each of whom was called Ankhnes - Merira , daughters of the governor of the nome of This ...
... character . Pepi I was succeeded by his eldest son Merenrā I Meḥtiemsaf ( the Menthesuphis of Manetho ) , whose mother was one of two sisters , each of whom was called Ankhnes - Merira , daughters of the governor of the nome of This ...
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... character on various occasions . It is probable that the first great prince of Siût was established in his chieftainship by a king of Herakleopolis , but whether he was or not , his successors gave loyal assistance to the ...
... character on various occasions . It is probable that the first great prince of Siût was established in his chieftainship by a king of Herakleopolis , but whether he was or not , his successors gave loyal assistance to the ...
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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