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 34
... pieces of precious wood ( ebony ? ) . The rocks of Sinai show that he made an expedition to the region of the copper mines , and he is represented as smashing the skull of a typical native in the usual fashion . The Palermo Stele shows ...
... pieces of precious wood ( ebony ? ) . The rocks of Sinai show that he made an expedition to the region of the copper mines , and he is represented as smashing the skull of a typical native in the usual fashion . The Palermo Stele shows ...
Page 34
... pieces at Hierakonpolis and are now in the Cairo Museum . The figure of the king is over 6 feet in height , and that of his son a little more than 3 feet , and the eyes in both heads are inlaid with obsidian . The pyramid of Pepi I is ...
... pieces at Hierakonpolis and are now in the Cairo Museum . The figure of the king is over 6 feet in height , and that of his son a little more than 3 feet , and the eyes in both heads are inlaid with obsidian . The pyramid of Pepi I is ...
Page 49
... pieces he died fighting for the independence of his people . The war was continued by Kames , his son by Queen Tetȧsheret , but nothing is known of his acts , and , though his reign was short , he seems to have made his rule effective ...
... pieces he died fighting for the independence of his people . The war was continued by Kames , his son by Queen Tetȧsheret , but nothing is known of his acts , and , though his reign was short , he seems to have made his rule effective ...
Page 53
... piece of work . Hatshepsut rebuilt and repaired many of the temples in Egypt , and devoted a large portion of the spoil and tribute that came to her to their endowment . Under her patronage the arts and crafts flourished , and though ...
... piece of work . Hatshepsut rebuilt and repaired many of the temples in Egypt , and devoted a large portion of the spoil and tribute that came to her to their endowment . Under her patronage the arts and crafts flourished , and though ...
Page 134
... pieces , and in order to render it capable of standing up , three palms ' length was cut from the base . The texts have been published by Kircher , Oedipus Aegyptiacus , tom . III , p . 213 ; by Ungarelli , Interpretatio Obelis- corum ...
... pieces , and in order to render it capable of standing up , three palms ' length was cut from the base . The texts have been published by Kircher , Oedipus Aegyptiacus , tom . III , p . 213 ; by Ungarelli , Interpretatio Obelis- corum ...
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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