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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... feet . IIIrd century A.D. • • • 2. Stone figure of the Ba , or human soul . From Nubia . Meroïtic Period . 1. Menȧt of Hathor made for Amenḥetep III . XVIIIth dynasty 2. Aegis of Shu and Tefnut made for Amenḥetep III . XVIIIth dynasty 3 ...
... feet . IIIrd century A.D. • • • 2. Stone figure of the Ba , or human soul . From Nubia . Meroïtic Period . 1. Menȧt of Hathor made for Amenḥetep III . XVIIIth dynasty 2. Aegis of Shu and Tefnut made for Amenḥetep III . XVIIIth dynasty 3 ...
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... feet , and authorities on Nile irriga- tion think that it has been deposited at the rate of 4 inches in a century.2 Attempts have been made to date objects by the depths at which they have been found in it , but all such calculations ...
... feet , and authorities on Nile irriga- tion think that it has been deposited at the rate of 4 inches in a century.2 Attempts have been made to date objects by the depths at which they have been found in it , but all such calculations ...
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... feet 5 inches in height , and his woman nearly 5 feet ; he was of slender build , and had dark hair , dark eyes and a bronzed complexion . His skull was long and narrow and his forehead narrow and slightly bulging . His cheeks were ...
... feet 5 inches in height , and his woman nearly 5 feet ; he was of slender build , and had dark hair , dark eyes and a bronzed complexion . His skull was long and narrow and his forehead narrow and slightly bulging . His cheeks were ...
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... feet by 2 feet , which was inscribed on both sides with the annals of a large number of pre - dynastic kings and of the kings who reigned from the time of the unification of Egypt until about the middle of the Vth dynasty . The names of ...
... feet by 2 feet , which was inscribed on both sides with the annals of a large number of pre - dynastic kings and of the kings who reigned from the time of the unification of Egypt until about the middle of the Vth dynasty . The names of ...
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... feet , and the 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 ...
... feet , and the 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 ...
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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