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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... coloured vase with perforated lugs . Pre- dynastic Period . Frontispiece to face p . 8 ΙΟ 20 IV 1. Red granite statue of Betchmes , a royal kinsman . IIIrd dynasty 30 2. Painted limestone seated figure of Neferhi . IIIrd or IVth dynasty ...
... coloured vase with perforated lugs . Pre- dynastic Period . Frontispiece to face p . 8 ΙΟ 20 IV 1. Red granite statue of Betchmes , a royal kinsman . IIIrd dynasty 30 2. Painted limestone seated figure of Neferhi . IIIrd or IVth dynasty ...
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... colour 1 The Principal Oases were Sîwah ( Jupiter Ammon ) , Al - Khârgah ( Great Oasis ) , Dâkhlah ( Little Oasis ) , Farâfrah , Bahariyah , Uah - t , Sekhet - ḥemam . 2 I.e. , the layer has taken 33,000 years to make . A of the soil ...
... colour 1 The Principal Oases were Sîwah ( Jupiter Ammon ) , Al - Khârgah ( Great Oasis ) , Dâkhlah ( Little Oasis ) , Farâfrah , Bahariyah , Uah - t , Sekhet - ḥemam . 2 I.e. , the layer has taken 33,000 years to make . A of the soil ...
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... colour of the sand and stones . Another old name for Egypt was Ta - merà , the South , " { ✪ , or II / 8 ↓ ✪ , 5 or | II 09ff In pre - dynastic times the country between Syene and Memphis was called " Land of , i.e. , Upper Egypt ...
... colour of the sand and stones . Another old name for Egypt was Ta - merà , the South , " { ✪ , or II / 8 ↓ ✪ , 5 or | II 09ff In pre - dynastic times the country between Syene and Memphis was called " Land of , i.e. , Upper Egypt ...
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... colour from fair to black ; and their skulls were dolichocephalic , like those of the Berbers , and they resembled neither Semites nor Negroes . 3 The archaeological evidence available suggests that among the earliest invaders of Egypt ...
... colour from fair to black ; and their skulls were dolichocephalic , like those of the Berbers , and they resembled neither Semites nor Negroes . 3 The archaeological evidence available suggests that among the earliest invaders of Egypt ...
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... A " Spirit house . " B.M. No. 32610 . PLATE III B.M. No. 36328 . Upper and Lower Egypt about B.C. 5000. A thousand years. Painted buff - coloured vase of the Predynastic Period with perforated lugs . name of Smerkha [ t ] , & *
... A " Spirit house . " B.M. No. 32610 . PLATE III B.M. No. 36328 . Upper and Lower Egypt about B.C. 5000. A thousand years. Painted buff - coloured vase of the Predynastic Period with perforated lugs . name of Smerkha [ t ] , & *
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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