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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... Obelisks , Shrouds , Spirit Houses , Foundation Deposits , Wands , Draughts , Hypocephali , etc. During my years of service in the British Museum I kept a list of all the reasonable questions put to me by members of the public , who ...
... Obelisks , Shrouds , Spirit Houses , Foundation Deposits , Wands , Draughts , Hypocephali , etc. During my years of service in the British Museum I kept a list of all the reasonable questions put to me by members of the public , who ...
Page xii
... Obelisk from Philae . 123 • • Greek Writers on Egyptian Hieroglyphs John Tzetzes . Hermapion Clement of Alexandria Horapollo Kircher . Zoega 127 128 133 134 137 138 139 Young and Champollion and their Successors 140 Opinions of ...
... Obelisk from Philae . 123 • • Greek Writers on Egyptian Hieroglyphs John Tzetzes . Hermapion Clement of Alexandria Horapollo Kircher . Zoega 127 128 133 134 137 138 139 Young and Champollion and their Successors 140 Opinions of ...
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... OBELISKS . THE TOMB STATUE OR KA FIGURE ( ? ) • Models of Objects Used AT THE OPENing of the MOUTH Models of Boats · THE SPIRIT HOUSE WANDS AND OTHER OBJECTS IN IVORY . THE CIPPUS OF HORUS · DRAUGHTS AND DRAUGHT - BOARDS TOYS ...
... OBELISKS . THE TOMB STATUE OR KA FIGURE ( ? ) • Models of Objects Used AT THE OPENing of the MOUTH Models of Boats · THE SPIRIT HOUSE WANDS AND OTHER OBJECTS IN IVORY . THE CIPPUS OF HORUS · DRAUGHTS AND DRAUGHT - BOARDS TOYS ...
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... obelisks , with metal pyramidions , which he set up in front of it is still standing , and is 65 feet high.2 He sent ... obelisk at Begig , now fallen , is 46 feet in length ; see Lepsius , Denkmäler , Abth . II , Bl . 119 . " peaceful ...
... obelisks , with metal pyramidions , which he set up in front of it is still standing , and is 65 feet high.2 He sent ... obelisk at Begig , now fallen , is 46 feet in length ; see Lepsius , Denkmäler , Abth . II , Bl . 119 . " peaceful ...
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... obelisks at Thebes ; one is on the hill of the Lateran in Rome , one in New York , one on the Thames Embankment , and a part of the fourth is in Constantinople . Thothmes III was buried in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings , and his ...
... obelisks at Thebes ; one is on the hill of the Lateran in Rome , one in New York , one on the Thames Embankment , and a part of the fourth is in Constantinople . Thothmes III was buried in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings , and his ...
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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