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 vii
... contain a summary of the history of Egypt , with a list of the cartouches of the principal kings and a series of short chapters , containing such information as would enable the student to use the Catalogue with advantage , and at the ...
... contain a summary of the history of Egypt , with a list of the cartouches of the principal kings and a series of short chapters , containing such information as would enable the student to use the Catalogue with advantage , and at the ...
Page xi
... containing about 194 reproductions ( from specially made photographs ) of typical objects in the British Museum , are given . These objects , as well as those described throughout the book , have been chosen from the National Collection ...
... containing about 194 reproductions ( from specially made photographs ) of typical objects in the British Museum , are given . These objects , as well as those described throughout the book , have been chosen from the National Collection ...
Page 14
... containing 30 days , and its use for magical purposes survived until the beginning of the New Kingdom . The Egyptians found out at a very early period that the true year contained more than 360 days , and in the Pyramid Text of Pepi II ...
... containing 30 days , and its use for magical purposes survived until the beginning of the New Kingdom . The Egyptians found out at a very early period that the true year contained more than 360 days , and in the Pyramid Text of Pepi II ...
Page 15
... contain nearly 365 days , i.e. , would be nearly a quarter of a day longer than the vague year . Supposing that the first day of the vague year and the first day of the solar year fell on the same day , 1,461 vague years or 1,460 solar ...
... contain nearly 365 days , i.e. , would be nearly a quarter of a day longer than the vague year . Supposing that the first day of the vague year and the first day of the solar year fell on the same day , 1,461 vague years or 1,460 solar ...
Page 21
... containing food of some kind , and flint knives , spear - heads and other weapons to enable the deceased to defend himself against the attacks of foes or savage animals . The neolithic Egyptians worshipped many gods , perhaps totems ...
... containing food of some kind , and flint knives , spear - heads and other weapons to enable the deceased to defend himself against the attacks of foes or savage animals . The neolithic Egyptians worshipped many gods , perhaps totems ...
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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