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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... means to many Muslims all Egypt , and it is probable that Ḥekaptaḥ did the same to the old inhabitants of the country . From the earliest times Egypt was divided into a series of districts , which the Egyptians called hesp & ᄆ and the ...
... means to many Muslims all Egypt , and it is probable that Ḥekaptaḥ did the same to the old inhabitants of the country . From the earliest times Egypt was divided into a series of districts , which the Egyptians called hesp & ᄆ and the ...
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... mean the man who laid the foundations of the religious beliefs of the pre - dynastic and dynastic Egyptians , but not necessarily of their kings and rulers- was , I believe , an African . But from the earliest period his lands must have ...
... mean the man who laid the foundations of the religious beliefs of the pre - dynastic and dynastic Egyptians , but not necessarily of their kings and rulers- was , I believe , an African . But from the earliest period his lands must have ...
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... mean that a Sothic Period ended on July 21st ( July 20th according to Meyer ) , and therefore the one before that ended in B.C. 1321-20 , and the one before that in B.C. 2781-80 , and the one before that in B.C. 4238-37 . And , because ...
... mean that a Sothic Period ended on July 21st ( July 20th according to Meyer ) , and therefore the one before that ended in B.C. 1321-20 , and the one before that in B.C. 2781-80 , and the one before that in B.C. 4238-37 . And , because ...
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... means of easily calculated figures.3 The truth is that Brugsch distrusted the results obtained by the astronomers and mathematicians because of the variations in the results obtained by the different authorities from the same data.a So ...
... means of easily calculated figures.3 The truth is that Brugsch distrusted the results obtained by the astronomers and mathematicians because of the variations in the results obtained by the different authorities from the same data.a So ...
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... means “ Follower ” ' Follower " ( of some god ) ; this word is perhaps the original of the Semempses of Manetho . The objects found in his tomb at Abydos tell us nothing about the events of his reign , and but for the three figures of ...
... means “ Follower ” ' Follower " ( of some god ) ; this word is perhaps the original of the Semempses of Manetho . The objects found in his tomb at Abydos tell us nothing about the events of his reign , and but for the three figures of ...
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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