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 ix
... given herein , the addition of the Horus names and Nebti names was considered to be un- necessary , for most of them are given in my Book of the Kings of Egypt , 2 vols . , London , 1908 , and also , with much additional informa- tion ...
... given herein , the addition of the Horus names and Nebti names was considered to be un- necessary , for most of them are given in my Book of the Kings of Egypt , 2 vols . , London , 1908 , and also , with much additional informa- tion ...
Page x
... given in the present work . With two great branches of Egyptian Archaeology , viz . Art and Architecture , I have made no attempt to deal , because I possess no special knowledge of these subjects . It seems to me that , in order to ...
... given in the present work . With two great branches of Egyptian Archaeology , viz . Art and Architecture , I have made no attempt to deal , because I possess no special knowledge of these subjects . It seems to me that , in order to ...
Page xi
... given . These objects , as well as those described throughout the book , have been chosen from the National Collection , because the British Museum is open to the public for several hours daily , to say nothing of Sundays , and ...
... given . These objects , as well as those described throughout the book , have been chosen from the National Collection , because the British Museum is open to the public for several hours daily , to say nothing of Sundays , and ...
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... given in Egyptian lists is forty - two , like that of the Assessors in the Judgment Hall of Osiris - twenty - two in Upper and twenty in Lower Egypt . Classical writers give varying numbers . Diodorus , 4 . who says the nome dates from ...
... given in Egyptian lists is forty - two , like that of the Assessors in the Judgment Hall of Osiris - twenty - two in Upper and twenty in Lower Egypt . Classical writers give varying numbers . Diodorus , 4 . who says the nome dates from ...
Page 7
... that images of him do not exist , we find that drawings of him are given on papyri , and that there are sculptured figures 1 Aeg . Zeitschrift , Bd . 47 , p . 163 ff . of him in existence ; compare the quartzite sandstone statue 7 ས.
... that images of him do not exist , we find that drawings of him are given on papyri , and that there are sculptured figures 1 Aeg . Zeitschrift , Bd . 47 , p . 163 ff . of him in existence ; compare the quartzite sandstone statue 7 ས.
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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