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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... gold crown , mask , and chain of gold . Date un- certain XXXVII The Kher - heb performing the ceremony of " Open- ing the Mouth . " From the Papyrus of Hunefer . XIXth dynasty XXXVIII 1. Model of a boat with sail hoisted . XIth or XIIth ...
... gold crown , mask , and chain of gold . Date un- certain XXXVII The Kher - heb performing the ceremony of " Open- ing the Mouth . " From the Papyrus of Hunefer . XIXth dynasty XXXVIII 1. Model of a boat with sail hoisted . XIth or XIIth ...
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... gold and in stone , and skilled handicraftsmen of all kinds pro- duced examples of their work that command our admiration to - day . His fame lasted through succeeding centuries , and we find him . mentioned in the Medical Papyrus at ...
... gold and in stone , and skilled handicraftsmen of all kinds pro- duced examples of their work that command our admiration to - day . His fame lasted through succeeding centuries , and we find him . mentioned in the Medical Papyrus at ...
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... gold " name , The chief wife of Seneferu was called Merit - tefs , . After her husband's death she passed under the honour- able protection of the two great kings Khufu ( Cheôps ) and Khāfrā ( Chephren ) . In the reign of Seneferu died ...
... gold " name , The chief wife of Seneferu was called Merit - tefs , . After her husband's death she passed under the honour- able protection of the two great kings Khufu ( Cheôps ) and Khāfrā ( Chephren ) . In the reign of Seneferu died ...
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... gold , ( 3 ) the lord of Nekhen and Per - Uatchit , and ( 4 ) as the King of the South and the North . From this time onward every king of Egypt , whether of Egyptian origin or not , called himself the " son of Râ . ' In later days ...
... gold , ( 3 ) the lord of Nekhen and Per - Uatchit , and ( 4 ) as the King of the South and the North . From this time onward every king of Egypt , whether of Egyptian origin or not , called himself the " son of Râ . ' In later days ...
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... gold , and 2,600 pieces of precious wood ( ebony ? ) . The rocks of Sinai show that he made an expedition to the region of the copper mines , and he is represented as smashing the skull of a typical native in the usual fashion . The ...
... gold , and 2,600 pieces of precious wood ( ebony ? ) . The rocks of Sinai show that he made an expedition to the region of the copper mines , and he is represented as smashing the skull of a typical native in the usual fashion . The ...
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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