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 21
... hands placed before their faces and their chins almost touching their knees.1 Women of quality were buried in the same position . No example of a pre- dynastic Egyptian being buried at full length is known to me . Whether the Egyptians ...
... hands placed before their faces and their chins almost touching their knees.1 Women of quality were buried in the same position . No example of a pre- dynastic Egyptian being buried at full length is known to me . Whether the Egyptians ...
Page 37
... hands of Pepi II , for when he died the kingdom broke up and every great noble through- out the country became a law to himself . Pepi II was buried in his pyramid at Sakkârah , which much resembles that of his half - brother Merenrā I ...
... hands of Pepi II , for when he died the kingdom broke up and every great noble through- out the country became a law to himself . Pepi II was buried in his pyramid at Sakkârah , which much resembles that of his half - brother Merenrā I ...
Page 45
... hand of Amenemḥat , all the great nobles in Egypt knew that he could have no real successor , and each proceeded to assert his independence and to usurp authority . At Thebes the families of the Antefs and the Menthuḥeteps and the ...
... hand of Amenemḥat , all the great nobles in Egypt knew that he could have no real successor , and each proceeded to assert his independence and to usurp authority . At Thebes the families of the Antefs and the Menthuḥeteps and the ...
Page 52
... hands . She seems to have been a prototype in most ways of Ṣâliḥ Ayyûb's slave - woman , the famous Shajar ad - durr , who held courts , presided over councils , and attended to the discipline of the army , until the arrival of her ...
... hands . She seems to have been a prototype in most ways of Ṣâliḥ Ayyûb's slave - woman , the famous Shajar ad - durr , who held courts , presided over councils , and attended to the discipline of the army , until the arrival of her ...
Page 55
... hand . He then marched on and crossed the Orontes , and a little later he captured seven rebel chiefs in their country of Takhisa . Continuing his march he came to Ni , where he was warmly welcomed , and soon after , probably at Akathi ...
... hand . He then marched on and crossed the Orontes , and a little later he captured seven rebel chiefs in their country of Takhisa . Continuing his march he came to Ni , where he was warmly welcomed , and soon after , probably at Akathi ...
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