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 viii
... walls of the corridors and chambers in the tombs in which they were laid , enable us to re- construct the history of the daily life of the Egyptians ; and the inscriptions and objects found in the graves and tombs supply us with exact ...
... walls of the corridors and chambers in the tombs in which they were laid , enable us to re- construct the history of the daily life of the Egyptians ; and the inscriptions and objects found in the graves and tombs supply us with exact ...
Page xxi
... walls of the tomb of Hent - mehit , a singing woman of Amen - Rā . XXIst dynasty Group of Gnostic gems to face p . 256 · 258 • " 322 1. Figure of Osiris which held the Papyrus of Anhai . XXIst dynasty 2. Ptaḥ - Seker - Åsår figure ...
... walls of the tomb of Hent - mehit , a singing woman of Amen - Rā . XXIst dynasty Group of Gnostic gems to face p . 256 · 258 • " 322 1. Figure of Osiris which held the Papyrus of Anhai . XXIst dynasty 2. Ptaḥ - Seker - Åsår figure ...
Page 34
... walls of the two largest chambers and of two of the corridors are covered with hieroglyphic inscriptions deeply cut in the stone and inlaid with green paste . These inscriptions are of the greatest importance , for they throw much light ...
... walls of the two largest chambers and of two of the corridors are covered with hieroglyphic inscriptions deeply cut in the stone and inlaid with green paste . These inscriptions are of the greatest importance , for they throw much light ...
Page 34
... walls of its chambers are covered with hieroglyphic texts of a magical and religious character . Pepi I was succeeded by his eldest son Merenrā I Meḥtiemsaf ( the Menthesuphis of Manetho ) , whose mother was one of two sisters , each of ...
... walls of its chambers are covered with hieroglyphic texts of a magical and religious character . Pepi I was succeeded by his eldest son Merenrā I Meḥtiemsaf ( the Menthesuphis of Manetho ) , whose mother was one of two sisters , each of ...
Page 43
... walls of the tomb of Khnemuḥetep at Bani - Ḥasan . Usertsen II built a pyramid at the mouth of the great canal ... wall of the pyramid he found the royal funerary cedar - wood boat , which was about 30 feet long , and was broad enough to ...
... walls of the tomb of Khnemuḥetep at Bani - Ḥasan . Usertsen II built a pyramid at the mouth of the great canal ... wall of the pyramid he found the royal funerary cedar - wood boat , which was about 30 feet long , and was broad enough to ...
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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