The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal ArchaeologyUniversity Press, 1894 - 404 pages |
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Page 169
... painted , and in some as many as thirteen colours are used in this chamber ; and in every work connected with Ani's tomb there is a simple majesty which is characteristic of the ancient Egyptian gentleman . At each of the four corners ...
... painted , and in some as many as thirteen colours are used in this chamber ; and in every work connected with Ani's tomb there is a simple majesty which is characteristic of the ancient Egyptian gentleman . At each of the four corners ...
Page 185
... painted in brilliant colours with scenes of the deceased ador- ing the gods and the like . In the period between the XXVIth dynasty and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander , the decoration of mummies reached its highest point , and the ...
... painted in brilliant colours with scenes of the deceased ador- ing the gods and the like . In the period between the XXVIth dynasty and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander , the decoration of mummies reached its highest point , and the ...
Page 186
... painted with his portrait , over the face of the dead man . The mummies , from this time on to the fourth century , are of little interest , for they become mere bundles ; scenes were painted , athwart and along the bodies , in which ...
... painted with his portrait , over the face of the dead man . The mummies , from this time on to the fourth century , are of little interest , for they become mere bundles ; scenes were painted , athwart and along the bodies , in which ...
Page 195
... painted with bright colours , and sometimes solid wooden models only are found in the tombs , a fact which shows sometimes the poverty of the deceased , and some- times probably the dishonesty of the funeral furnisher . When the ...
... painted with bright colours , and sometimes solid wooden models only are found in the tombs , a fact which shows sometimes the poverty of the deceased , and some- times probably the dishonesty of the funeral furnisher . When the ...
Page 201
... painted black ; they were fitted on a kind of sledge with two runners , the ends of which were rounded . They are about two feet square . On one end are traced in outline figures of Neith and Serqet , and on the other Isis and Nephthys ...
... painted black ; they were fitted on a kind of sledge with two runners , the ends of which were rounded . They are about two feet square . On one end are traced in outline figures of Neith and Serqet , and on the other Isis and Nephthys ...
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The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge Limited preview - 1964 |
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Akerblad alabaster alphabet Amāsis Amenophis Amenophis III amulet Ani's Anubis bandages beetle Birch bitumen body Book British Museum bronze called Canopic jars cartouche Cham chamber Champollion chapter characters Cheta coffin colour Coptic cover Dead deceased demotic Diodorus disk embalming example faïence feet funereal glazed faïence gods gold Greek hand Hathor head heart hemt Heru hieratic hieroglyphics Horus Hyksos inscribed inscriptions Isis jars king of Egypt l'inscription large number Lepsius letter linen lord Manetho Memphis mummy name and titles Naville Nephthys neter Nubia obelisk ornamented Osiris painted papyrus Paris period Persians placed pollion Ptaḥ Ptolemy pyramid Rameses Rameses II reign represented Rosetta Stone royal Sacy sarcophagus says scarabs scenes scribe sepulchral Seti side sometimes steatite stelæ stele suten t'etta temple Thebes Thothmes tion tombs translation underworld uræus ushabtiu figures vases wearing XIIth XVIIIth dynasty XXVIth dynasty Young δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν