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 vii
... mummies , on the various kinds of coffins , sarcophagi and tombs in which the mummy was laid , and on the furniture found in Egyptian tombs generally . Whether the possibility of preserving the body for an indefinite period was ...
... mummies , on the various kinds of coffins , sarcophagi and tombs in which the mummy was laid , and on the furniture found in Egyptian tombs generally . Whether the possibility of preserving the body for an indefinite period was ...
Page viii
... mummies , and , as the INTRODUCTION which I wrote dealt chiefly with the equipment of mummies , it was decided to call it when in published form The Mummy , and to add as an explanatory title Chapters on Egyptian funereal Archaeology ...
... mummies , and , as the INTRODUCTION which I wrote dealt chiefly with the equipment of mummies , it was decided to call it when in published form The Mummy , and to add as an explanatory title Chapters on Egyptian funereal Archaeology ...
Page xiii
... MUMMY , METHODS OF MUMMIFYING , ETC. 203 MUMMY LABELS 214 MUMMY CLOTH , BYSSUS AND AKHмÎM SWATHINGS . 215 SPINDLES , WHORLS AND HECKLING COMBS 217 THE MUMMY - GRID AND MUMMY - BOARD THE CARTONNAGE MUMMY - CASE 219 221 • BEADWORK ON MUMMIES ...
... MUMMY , METHODS OF MUMMIFYING , ETC. 203 MUMMY LABELS 214 MUMMY CLOTH , BYSSUS AND AKHмÎM SWATHINGS . 215 SPINDLES , WHORLS AND HECKLING COMBS 217 THE MUMMY - GRID AND MUMMY - BOARD THE CARTONNAGE MUMMY - CASE 219 221 • BEADWORK ON MUMMIES ...
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... mummies , by which alone we can gain any idea of the physical form of the primitive Egyptian , have been examined and dissected and commented upon by the professional anatomist and craniologist , but the different results which the ...
... mummies , by which alone we can gain any idea of the physical form of the primitive Egyptian , have been examined and dissected and commented upon by the professional anatomist and craniologist , but the different results which the ...
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