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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... known . From Khizam in Upper Egypt 1. Model of an Egyptian House . Predynastic Period 2. Green slate object sculptured with a hunting scene . Predynastic Period 3. Earthenware vase in the form of a box with figures of oryxes , wavy ...
... known . From Khizam in Upper Egypt 1. Model of an Egyptian House . Predynastic Period 2. Green slate object sculptured with a hunting scene . Predynastic Period 3. Earthenware vase in the form of a box with figures of oryxes , wavy ...
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... known to belong to the Saïte or Ptolemaïc Period . In early dynastic times Egypt was that portion of the Nile Valley that lay between the Mediterranean Sea and Sun - t ( Syene ) and Abu , the Elephant Island ; to - day the northern ...
... known to belong to the Saïte or Ptolemaïc Period . In early dynastic times Egypt was that portion of the Nile Valley that lay between the Mediterranean Sea and Sun - t ( Syene ) and Abu , the Elephant Island ; to - day the northern ...
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... known to them , and it is possible that they may have heard of Lake Ṣânâ in Abyssinia and of one or two of the great Lakes in Central Africa , but the course of the White Nile must have been unknown to them . Some assume that the men of ...
... known to them , and it is possible that they may have heard of Lake Ṣânâ in Abyssinia and of one or two of the great Lakes in Central Africa , but the course of the White Nile must have been unknown to them . Some assume that the men of ...
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... known to Aristotle , who attributed it to the melting of the snow on the mountains in Central Africa and the rains in Abyssinia ( see Partsch , Ueber das Steigen des Nil , Leipzig , 1900 ) . Eratosthenes considered the great Equatorial ...
... known to Aristotle , who attributed it to the melting of the snow on the mountains in Central Africa and the rains in Abyssinia ( see Partsch , Ueber das Steigen des Nil , Leipzig , 1900 ) . Eratosthenes considered the great Equatorial ...
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... known . It is assumed , and probably correctly , that the succeeding waves of civilization of the Neolithic Period lasted a few thousand years , and then , possibly under the influence of foreign invaders and settlers , the last one ...
... known . It is assumed , and probably correctly , that the succeeding waves of civilization of the Neolithic Period lasted a few thousand years , and then , possibly under the influence of foreign invaders and settlers , the last one ...
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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