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
... period was suggested to the predynastic Egyptians by the sight of the unchanged forms of their dead after years of interment ( which may have been due to the dryness of the soil , as some have thought ) , or whether they wrapped it in ...
... period was suggested to the predynastic Egyptians by the sight of the unchanged forms of their dead after years of interment ( which may have been due to the dryness of the soil , as some have thought ) , or whether they wrapped it in ...
Page ix
... Period . Comparatively little has been done to clear away the difficulties that beset every attempt to formulate a system of Chronology , chiefly because the Egyptians were not skilled chronographers , and all the evidence obtainable ...
... Period . Comparatively little has been done to clear away the difficulties that beset every attempt to formulate a system of Chronology , chiefly because the Egyptians were not skilled chronographers , and all the evidence obtainable ...
Page xii
... Period . Modern Systems of Chronology OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF EGYPT : Palaeolithic , Neolithic and Dynastic Periods The Old Kingdom . Dynasties I - VI . Period of Anarchy . Dynasties VII and VIII Herakleopolitan Rule . Dynasties IX ...
... Period . Modern Systems of Chronology OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF EGYPT : Palaeolithic , Neolithic and Dynastic Periods The Old Kingdom . Dynasties I - VI . Period of Anarchy . Dynasties VII and VIII Herakleopolitan Rule . Dynasties IX ...
Page xix
... Period . The pottery found with him belongs to different periods II 2. Earthenware figure of a youth of the Neolithic Period . This is one of the earliest tomb - figures known . From Khizam in Upper Egypt 1. Model of an Egyptian House ...
... Period . The pottery found with him belongs to different periods II 2. Earthenware figure of a youth of the Neolithic Period . This is one of the earliest tomb - figures known . From Khizam in Upper Egypt 1. Model of an Egyptian House ...
Page xxi
... Period . 1. Menȧt of Hathor made for Amenḥetep III . XVIIIth dynasty 2. Aegis of Shu and Tefnut made for Amenḥetep III . XVIIIth dynasty 3. Bricks and amulets from the walls of the tomb of Hent - mehit , a singing woman of Amen - Rā ...
... Period . 1. Menȧt of Hathor made for Amenḥetep III . XVIIIth dynasty 2. Aegis of Shu and Tefnut made for Amenḥetep III . XVIIIth dynasty 3. Bricks and amulets from the walls of the tomb of Hent - mehit , a singing woman of Amen - Rā ...
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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