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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... usually attributed to them . Young was the first to realize the phonetic character of Egyptian hieroglyphs , and he was the first to obtain the correct values of several of them . Champollion adopted his methods and used his values ...
... usually attributed to them . Young was the first to realize the phonetic character of Egyptian hieroglyphs , and he was the first to obtain the correct values of several of them . Champollion adopted his methods and used his values ...
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... usually said to represent a bee , but some entomologists think that the insect here drawn is a hornet or wasp . 2 See the remarks that precede the list of cartouches in this book . 2 Obverse . SCULPTURED GREEN STONE CEREMONIAL PALETTE ...
... usually said to represent a bee , but some entomologists think that the insect here drawn is a hornet or wasp . 2 See the remarks that precede the list of cartouches in this book . 2 Obverse . SCULPTURED GREEN STONE CEREMONIAL PALETTE ...
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... usually been read Semti , but the reading Khaskheti has also been proposed . The scribe who made the draft for the list of Kings in the temple of Seti I at Abydos erred and transcribed the signs Hesepti ( meaning the " two nomes , " and ...
... usually been read Semti , but the reading Khaskheti has also been proposed . The scribe who made the draft for the list of Kings in the temple of Seti I at Abydos erred and transcribed the signs Hesepti ( meaning the " two nomes , " and ...
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... they were copying , and they drew the figure of a man holding a stick before him and advancing in a threatening ïð attitude ,. This sign is usually read " Ḥui ". name of Smerkha [ t ] , & *. 26 OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF EGYPT.
... they were copying , and they drew the figure of a man holding a stick before him and advancing in a threatening ïð attitude ,. This sign is usually read " Ḥui ". name of Smerkha [ t ] , & *. 26 OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF EGYPT.
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... usually read " Ḥui " or " Nekhti , " but neither of these words can possibly be the original of the Semempses of Manetho . It is now assumed that the sign in the list from which the scribes were copying was } , which is read Shemsu , s ...
... usually read " Ḥui " or " Nekhti , " but neither of these words can possibly be the original of the Semempses of Manetho . It is now assumed that the sign in the list from which the scribes were copying was } , which is read Shemsu , s ...
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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