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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... were Sîwah ( Jupiter Ammon ) , Al - Khârgah ( Great Oasis ) , Dâkhlah ( Little Oasis ) , Farâfrah , Bahariyah , Uah - t , Sekhet - ḥemam . 2 I.e. , the layer has taken 33,000 years to make . A of the soil ; the deserts on each side of.
... were Sîwah ( Jupiter Ammon ) , Al - Khârgah ( Great Oasis ) , Dâkhlah ( Little Oasis ) , Farâfrah , Bahariyah , Uah - t , Sekhet - ḥemam . 2 I.e. , the layer has taken 33,000 years to make . A of the soil ; the deserts on each side of.
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... side . The plant worn by the Nile - god of the North was the lotus , and that by the Nile - god of the South the papyrus . Under the New Empire the Vignettes in the Book of the Dead represent the shrine and throne of Osiris as placed on ...
... side . The plant worn by the Nile - god of the North was the lotus , and that by the Nile - god of the South the papyrus . Under the New Empire the Vignettes in the Book of the Dead represent the shrine and throne of Osiris as placed on ...
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... side by side with that of Khufu , but it was a little smaller , and the lower parts of its sides were cased in granite . The funerary temple , like that of Khufu , was on the east side , and a slightly raised embank- ment led from it to ...
... side by side with that of Khufu , but it was a little smaller , and the lower parts of its sides were cased in granite . The funerary temple , like that of Khufu , was on the east side , and a slightly raised embank- ment led from it to ...
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... side by side with those of Khufu and Khāfrā . But the resources of the royal house must have become reduced , for Menkaurā's pyramid is less than half as high as those of his two great predecessors.1 No wars of conquest were undertaken ...
... side by side with those of Khufu and Khāfrā . But the resources of the royal house must have become reduced , for Menkaurā's pyramid is less than half as high as those of his two great predecessors.1 No wars of conquest were undertaken ...
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... of a granary of the Old Kingdom ; by the side of the stairway leading to the roof is a model of the guardian with his grain measure beside him . VIth dynasty . B.M. No. 21804 . Åsså had rewarded his chancellor , Ba - ur -. PLATE VI.
... of a granary of the Old Kingdom ; by the side of the stairway leading to the roof is a model of the guardian with his grain measure beside him . VIth dynasty . B.M. No. 21804 . Åsså had rewarded his chancellor , Ba - ur -. PLATE VI.
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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