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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... placed somewhere in the fourth millennium before Christ ; when the Neolithic Period began and ended is unknown . No exact dating is possible before the seventh century B.C. And if we are to believe , as some authorities do , that the ...
... placed somewhere in the fourth millennium before Christ ; when the Neolithic Period began and ended is unknown . No exact dating is possible before the seventh century B.C. And if we are to believe , as some authorities do , that the ...
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... placed on the waters of the celestial Ocean Nenu , or Nu ; and in late times the Nile was said to be Osiris himself , whose seed fecundated the soil of Egypt , which was at the same time identified with Isis . The true cause of the ...
... placed on the waters of the celestial Ocean Nenu , or Nu ; and in late times the Nile was said to be Osiris himself , whose seed fecundated the soil of Egypt , which was at the same time identified with Isis . The true cause of the ...
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... placed somewhere in the fourth millennium B.C. Similarly , the dates proposed for the XIIth dynasty - Lepsius B.C. 2380 , Bunsen B.C. 2755 , Lieblein B.C. 2268 , Brugsch B.C. 2466 , Hall B.C. 2212 ( ? ) , Meyer and Breasted B.C. 2000 ...
... placed somewhere in the fourth millennium B.C. Similarly , the dates proposed for the XIIth dynasty - Lepsius B.C. 2380 , Bunsen B.C. 2755 , Lieblein B.C. 2268 , Brugsch B.C. 2466 , Hall B.C. 2212 ( ? ) , Meyer and Breasted B.C. 2000 ...
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... placed pots containing food of some kind , and flint knives , spear - heads and other weapons to enable the deceased to defend himself against the attacks of foes or savage animals . The neolithic Egyptians worshipped many gods ...
... placed pots containing food of some kind , and flint knives , spear - heads and other weapons to enable the deceased to defend himself against the attacks of foes or savage animals . The neolithic Egyptians worshipped many gods ...
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... placed existed a few years ago , and were called by the natives Pharaoh's Chairs ( Kirasi al - Fir'aûn ) . The sphinxes which Mariette found at Şân ( Tanis ) , and believed to be the work of the Hyksos , 3 1 It leaves the Nile a little ...
... placed existed a few years ago , and were called by the natives Pharaoh's Chairs ( Kirasi al - Fir'aûn ) . The sphinxes which Mariette found at Şân ( Tanis ) , and believed to be the work of the Hyksos , 3 1 It leaves the Nile a little ...
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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