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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 87
Page vii
... objects essential for an Egyptian funeral from good typical examples in the British Museum . I therefore added many paragraphs on the amulets and other objects which formed the equipment of mummies , on the various kinds of coffins ...
... objects essential for an Egyptian funeral from good typical examples in the British Museum . I therefore added many paragraphs on the amulets and other objects which formed the equipment of mummies , on the various kinds of coffins ...
Page viii
... objects found in the graves and tombs supply us with exact information as to their raids and wars , trade and com- merce , professions and handicrafts , avocations and amusements , and their religious and social institutions . Egypt ...
... objects found in the graves and tombs supply us with exact information as to their raids and wars , trade and com- merce , professions and handicrafts , avocations and amusements , and their religious and social institutions . Egypt ...
Page xi
... objects in the British Museum , are given . These objects , as well as those described throughout the book , have been chosen from the National Collection , because the British Museum is open to the public for several hours daily , to ...
... objects in the British Museum , are given . These objects , as well as those described throughout the book , have been chosen from the National Collection , because the British Museum is open to the public for several hours daily , to ...
Page xiii
... OBJECTS FOR THE TOILET : Stibium and the Stibium ( Kohl ) Pot or Tube The Kohl - stick or Needle The Mirror and Mirror - case Tweezers , Strigil , Pumice Stone , Hair - pins , Combs Perfumes , Perfumed Oils , Unguents and Pastes ...
... OBJECTS FOR THE TOILET : Stibium and the Stibium ( Kohl ) Pot or Tube The Kohl - stick or Needle The Mirror and Mirror - case Tweezers , Strigil , Pumice Stone , Hair - pins , Combs Perfumes , Perfumed Oils , Unguents and Pastes ...
Page xviii
... 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 HYPOCEPHALI • TIME THE YEAR NUMBERS . INDEX 388 388 388 388 388 389 ...
... 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 HYPOCEPHALI • TIME THE YEAR NUMBERS . INDEX 388 388 388 388 388 389 ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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