The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal ArchaeologyUniversity Press, 1894 - 404 pages |
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Page 183
... sometimes difficult to distinguish which is bone and bitumen , served by which is bitumen . The arms , legs , hands , and feet of such natron , mummies break with a sound like the cracking of chemical glass tubing ; they burn very ...
... sometimes difficult to distinguish which is bone and bitumen , served by which is bitumen . The arms , legs , hands , and feet of such natron , mummies break with a sound like the cracking of chemical glass tubing ; they burn very ...
Page 188
... 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 equivalent of the inscriptions in hieroglyphics ...
... 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 equivalent of the inscriptions in hieroglyphics ...
Page 192
... 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 condition in life of the deceased 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 condition in life of the deceased was ...
Page 195
... 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 intestines were not buried in jars they ...
... 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 intestines were not buried in jars they ...
Page 210
... sometimes supported by two columns or pillars , fluted ( B.M. No. 17,102 ) , but it may be joined to the base by six supports ( B.M. No. 2543 ) , or even by twenty - one ( B.M. No. 18,155 ) . Pillows are made also in the shape of ...
... sometimes supported by two columns or pillars , fluted ( B.M. No. 17,102 ) , but it may be joined to the base by six supports ( B.M. No. 2543 ) , or even by twenty - one ( B.M. No. 18,155 ) . Pillows are made also in the shape of ...
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Common terms and phrases
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