The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal ArchaeologyUniversity Press, 1894 - 404 pages |
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... monuments and remains of ancient Egypt preserved in the great museums of Europe and Egypt are chiefly of a sepulchral character , and we owe them entirely to the belief of the Egyptians that the soul would at some period revivify the ...
... monuments and remains of ancient Egypt preserved in the great museums of Europe and Egypt are chiefly of a sepulchral character , and we owe them entirely to the belief of the Egyptians that the soul would at some period revivify the ...
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... monuments , however , the greater number can be corrected , and the value of the document is the more assured as more of the historical inscriptions become known . The chronology of Egypt has been , and must be for some time yet , a ...
... monuments , however , the greater number can be corrected , and the value of the document is the more assured as more of the historical inscriptions become known . The chronology of Egypt has been , and must be for some time yet , a ...
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... monuments of the IVth dynasty are numerous , and the tombs of this period , particularly , show to what a high state of culture and civilization the Egyptians had attained . Of the first king , Seneferu , very little is known he invaded ...
... monuments of the IVth dynasty are numerous , and the tombs of this period , particularly , show to what a high state of culture and civilization the Egyptians had attained . Of the first king , Seneferu , very little is known he invaded ...
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... monument ; within the last few years very extensive excavations have been made round it by the Egyptian Government , and several hitherto unseen parts of it have been brought to view . The Sphinx is hewn out of the living rock , but ...
... monument ; within the last few years very extensive excavations have been made round it by the Egyptian Government , and several hitherto unseen parts of it have been brought to view . The Sphinx is hewn out of the living rock , but ...
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... monument now appears is due to the savage destruction of its features by the Muḥammadan rulers of Egypt , some of whom caused it to be used for a target . Around this imposing ... monuments of the great civilization EGYPTIAN HISTORY . 15.
... monument now appears is due to the savage destruction of its features by the Muḥammadan rulers of Egypt , some of whom caused it to be used for a target . Around this imposing ... monuments of the great civilization EGYPTIAN HISTORY . 15.
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The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge Limited preview - 1964 |
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