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Page 183
The bitumen penetrates the bones so completely that Bodies preserved by it is
sometimes difficult to distinguish which is bone and bit which is bitumen . The
arms , legs , hands , and feet of such natron , and aromummies break with a
sound ...
The bitumen penetrates the bones so completely that Bodies preserved by it is
sometimes difficult to distinguish which is bone and bit which is bitumen . The
arms , legs , hands , and feet of such natron , and aromummies break with a
sound ...
Page 188
The inscriptions record the name of the deceased , and sometimes those of his
father and mother , and the number of years of his life ; some are in Greek only , a
large number are bilingual , Greek and demotic , and a few also give the ...
The inscriptions record the name of the deceased , and sometimes those of his
father and mother , and the number of years of his life ; some are in Greek only , a
large number are bilingual , Greek and demotic , and a few also give the ...
Page 190
... sometimes cotton cloth ; but the oivdóvos Brooivns with which mummies ,
according to Herodotus ( II . 86 ) , were bandaged , is certainly linen . The
Egyptian word usually translated by “ byssus ” is no shens , Coptic cyerc ;
ordinary words for ...
... sometimes cotton cloth ; but the oivdóvos Brooivns with which mummies ,
according to Herodotus ( II . 86 ) , were bandaged , is certainly linen . The
Egyptian word usually translated by “ byssus ” is no shens , Coptic cyerc ;
ordinary words for ...
Page 192
The head was provided with a band or cap , and was sometimes supported on a
pillow . The body wore a tunic , and the feet had stockings , sandals or shoes
upon them ; the head , breast , arms , and fingers were decorated with ornaments
.
The head was provided with a band or cap , and was sometimes supported on a
pillow . The body wore a tunic , and the feet had stockings , sandals or shoes
upon them ; the head , breast , arms , and fingers were decorated with ornaments
.
Page 195
Later they are made of terra - cotta , and the covers are all made in the same
shape ; sometimes they have the shape of a vessel of the same diameter at the
bottom as at the top , the gods being traced upon them , in outline , on the outside
...
Later they are made of terra - cotta , and the covers are all made in the same
shape ; sometimes they have the shape of a vessel of the same diameter at the
bottom as at the top , the gods being traced upon them , in outline , on the outside
...
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| Title | The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology ATLA monograph preservation program |
| Author | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | University Press, 1894 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 0524010471, 9780524010471 |
| Length | 404 pages |
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