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
... kind , and flint knives , spear - heads and other weapons to enable the deceased to defend himself against the attacks of foes or savage animals . The neolithic Egyptians worshipped many gods , perhaps totems , and various animals , and ...
... kind , and flint knives , spear - heads and other weapons to enable the deceased to defend himself against the attacks of foes or savage animals . The neolithic Egyptians worshipped many gods , perhaps totems , and various animals , and ...
Page 58
... kind ; he was the Roi Soleil of all craftsmen , designers and artists . He was a liberal and tolerant ruler , fond of pomp and ceremony , and pleasure and excitement , but bold and courageous withal . The Asiatics loved Thothmes III ...
... kind ; he was the Roi Soleil of all craftsmen , designers and artists . He was a liberal and tolerant ruler , fond of pomp and ceremony , and pleasure and excitement , but bold and courageous withal . The Asiatics loved Thothmes III ...
Page 67
... kind did actually take place . The account of the Route of the Exodus in the Book of Exodus is as difficult to understand as the story of " " 1 Here there is a play on the word for " widow " and the name of the country . 2 His mummy was ...
... kind did actually take place . The account of the Route of the Exodus in the Book of Exodus is as difficult to understand as the story of " " 1 Here there is a play on the word for " widow " and the name of the country . 2 His mummy was ...
Page 79
... kind and , to the writer's personal knowledge , a caravan of 700 camels with a military force was lost through a habûb between Korosko and Abu Ḥamad , and only two men escaped to tell the tale . A defeat of Cambyses in the Sûdân seems ...
... kind and , to the writer's personal knowledge , a caravan of 700 camels with a military force was lost through a habûb between Korosko and Abu Ḥamad , and only two men escaped to tell the tale . A defeat of Cambyses in the Sûdân seems ...
Page 131
... kind . " [ Compare ha , " chief , that which is in front , duke , prince . " ] 14. " A lion's tail , necessity . " ᄆ [ Compare □ § ___ peḥ , “ to force , to compel , to be strong . ” ] 15 , 16. " A stag , year ; likewise the palm ...
... kind . " [ Compare ha , " chief , that which is in front , duke , prince . " ] 14. " A lion's tail , necessity . " ᄆ [ Compare □ § ___ peḥ , “ to force , to compel , to be strong . ” ] 15 , 16. " A stag , year ; likewise the palm ...
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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