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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 35
Page 168
... Flowers , etc. , Water and Liquids , etc. , either according to numbers or letters of the alphabet . But in respect of many hieroglyphs the grouping is purely arbitrary , for no one knows what objects many of them were intended to ...
... Flowers , etc. , Water and Liquids , etc. , either according to numbers or letters of the alphabet . But in respect of many hieroglyphs the grouping is purely arbitrary , for no one knows what objects many of them were intended to ...
Page 176
... flowering trees or plants , etc. The general appearance of this ornamentation suggests that the object is of Coptic origin , and that it is not the work of ancient Egyptians . , pus , or 0 The ink - pot , pes , was usually made of ...
... flowering trees or plants , etc. The general appearance of this ornamentation suggests that the object is of Coptic origin , and that it is not the work of ancient Egyptians . , pus , or 0 The ink - pot , pes , was usually made of ...
Page 198
... flower growing grain 000 grain took ୨ wine to grow 13. HEAVEN , Earth and Water sky , heaven 11. INSECTS 愛愛 night , darkness king of Lower Egypt the god Kheper winged solar disk grasshopper goddess Serqit rain , dew , storm ...
... flower growing grain 000 grain took ୨ wine to grow 13. HEAVEN , Earth and Water sky , heaven 11. INSECTS 愛愛 night , darkness king of Lower Egypt the god Kheper winged solar disk grasshopper goddess Serqit rain , dew , storm ...
Page 211
... Flower examined the bones and dust , and was much interested in an indentation in one of the skulls . He had the bones articulated at the Natural History Museum , and the skeletons are now exhibited with their coffins in the British ...
... Flower examined the bones and dust , and was much interested in an indentation in one of the skulls . He had the bones articulated at the Natural History Museum , and the skeletons are now exhibited with their coffins in the British ...
Page 213
... flowers in their hands , which are crossed over their breasts . In the early centuries of our era , mummies of wealthy people were wrapped in royal cloth made wholly of silk.1 When Pisentios , Bishop of Coptos , and his disciple John ...
... flowers in their hands , which are crossed over their breasts . In the early centuries of our era , mummies of wealthy people were wrapped in royal cloth made wholly of silk.1 When Pisentios , Bishop of Coptos , and his disciple John ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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