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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... painted on the walls of the corridors and chambers in the tombs in which they were laid , enable us to re- construct the history of the daily life of the Egyptians ; and the inscriptions and objects found in the graves and tombs supply ...
... painted on the walls of the corridors and chambers in the tombs in which they were laid , enable us to re- construct the history of the daily life of the Egyptians ; and the inscriptions and objects found in the graves and tombs supply ...
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... PAINTED AND INSCRIBED LINEN SHROUDS MODELS OF PERSONAL ATTENDANTS and Slaves IN THE TOMB MUMMY LABELS OR TICKETS THE BOOK Of the Dead : 222 223 224 Pyramid Texts Texts on Coffins of the Middle Kingdom · Saïte Recension 226 227 Theban ...
... PAINTED AND INSCRIBED LINEN SHROUDS MODELS OF PERSONAL ATTENDANTS and Slaves IN THE TOMB MUMMY LABELS OR TICKETS THE BOOK Of the Dead : 222 223 224 Pyramid Texts Texts on Coffins of the Middle Kingdom · Saïte Recension 226 227 Theban ...
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... Painted buff - coloured vase with perforated lugs . Pre- dynastic Period . Frontispiece to face p . 8 ΙΟ 20 IV 1. Red granite statue of Betchmes , a royal kinsman . IIIrd dynasty 30 2. Painted limestone seated figure of Neferhi . IIIrd ...
... Painted buff - coloured vase with perforated lugs . Pre- dynastic Period . Frontispiece to face p . 8 ΙΟ 20 IV 1. Red granite statue of Betchmes , a royal kinsman . IIIrd dynasty 30 2. Painted limestone seated figure of Neferhi . IIIrd ...
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... Painted and gilded cartonnage case for the wife of a Roman official in Egypt . About A.D. 200-300 2. Mummy of ... Painted limestone shrine of Åni , a gardener of Åmen . XVIIIth dynasty XIX 2. Painted wooden sepulchral chest , with ...
... Painted and gilded cartonnage case for the wife of a Roman official in Egypt . About A.D. 200-300 2. Mummy of ... Painted limestone shrine of Åni , a gardener of Åmen . XVIIIth dynasty XIX 2. Painted wooden sepulchral chest , with ...
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... Painted and gilded plaster portrait head - case for a woman , with models of her feet . IIIrd century A.D. • • • 2. Stone figure of the Ba , or human soul . From Nubia . Meroïtic Period . 1. Menȧt of Hathor made for Amenḥetep III ...
... Painted and gilded plaster portrait head - case for a woman , with models of her feet . IIIrd century A.D. • • • 2. Stone figure of the Ba , or human soul . From Nubia . Meroïtic Period . 1. Menȧt of Hathor made for Amenḥetep III ...
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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