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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... deceased desired to have in the Other World 2. Painted buff - 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 ...
... deceased desired to have in the Other World 2. Painted buff - 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 ...
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... deceased to defend himself against the attacks of foes or savage animals . The neolithic Egyptians worshipped many gods , perhaps totems , and various animals , and each district had its own god and sacred animal . It is clear that they ...
... deceased to defend himself against the attacks of foes or savage animals . The neolithic Egyptians worshipped many gods , perhaps totems , and various animals , and each district had its own god and sacred animal . It is clear that they ...
Page 174
... deceased standing before Osiris with both hands raised in adoration ; behind Osiris stand a goddess ( Maat , or Isis ? ) and a dog - headed god , wearing the lunar horns and disk , , who is the representative of Thoth . The inscription ...
... deceased standing before Osiris with both hands raised in adoration ; behind Osiris stand a goddess ( Maat , or Isis ? ) and a dog - headed god , wearing the lunar horns and disk , , who is the representative of Thoth . The inscription ...
Page 176
... deceased addresses Osiris as the " Aged God , " and it is important to note that a figure of Osiris is attached to B.M. 5523. As already said , the face of the god is green , which is the colour given to the face of Osiris when it is ...
... deceased addresses Osiris as the " Aged God , " and it is important to note that a figure of Osiris is attached to B.M. 5523. As already said , the face of the god is green , which is the colour given to the face of Osiris when it is ...
Page 207
... deceased with the everlasting gods , and the confession by the deceased that he had worshipped , with reverence , the gods of his fathers , from his youth up , that he had honoured his parents , that he had neither killed nor injured ...
... deceased with the everlasting gods , and the confession by the deceased that he had worshipped , with reverence , the gods of his fathers , from his youth up , that he had honoured his parents , that he had neither killed nor injured ...
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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