The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal ArchaeologyUniversity Press, 1894 - 404 pages |
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Page 17
... sarcophagus , to Aswân and Elephantine for granite to build a shrine and to make the doors of his pyramid , and to Alabastron for a large slab of fine white limestone . Nefer- ka - Rā , or Pepi II . , succeeded his brother Merenrā ; he ...
... sarcophagus , to Aswân and Elephantine for granite to build a shrine and to make the doors of his pyramid , and to Alabastron for a large slab of fine white limestone . Nefer- ka - Rā , or Pepi II . , succeeded his brother Merenrā ; he ...
Page 177
... sarcophagi which had never been opened since the time they were cemented , some six thousand years ago , until the present day , it has been argued by some that mummification was not practised during the early dynasties in Egypt . Some ...
... sarcophagi which had never been opened since the time they were cemented , some six thousand years ago , until the present day , it has been argued by some that mummification was not practised during the early dynasties in Egypt . Some ...
Page 184
... sarcophagi belonging to the first six dynasties fall to dust when air is admitted to them , and they emit a slight smell of bitumen . Mummies of the XIth dynasty are usually very poorly made ; they are yellowish in colour , brittle to ...
... sarcophagi belonging to the first six dynasties fall to dust when air is admitted to them , and they emit a slight smell of bitumen . Mummies of the XIth dynasty are usually very poorly made ; they are yellowish in colour , brittle to ...
Page 202
... sarcophagi , coffins and papyri , amulets and other objects which were buried in the tombs with the dead was called " Rituel Funéraire " by Champollion , and this mislead- ing name was adopted by De Rougé , who , in his Etudes sur le ...
... sarcophagi , coffins and papyri , amulets and other objects which were buried in the tombs with the dead was called " Rituel Funéraire " by Champollion , and this mislead- ing name was adopted by De Rougé , who , in his Etudes sur le ...
Page 205
... sarcophagi , but texts written upon papyrus in hieroglyphic and hieratic characters took their place , probably because they cost less money , and 1 In his Einleitung , pp . 42 , 43 . A com- plete edi- tion of the Book of the THE BOOK ...
... sarcophagi , but texts written upon papyrus in hieroglyphic and hieratic characters took their place , probably because they cost less money , and 1 In his Einleitung , pp . 42 , 43 . A com- plete edi- tion of the Book of the THE BOOK ...
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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