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The arts and crafts of ancient Egypt (1909)

Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942 · London, Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis · leaf 238

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two to three inches thick.They are fastened together by bolts of wood ; andsuch wooden pegs are run diagonally in differentdirections so as to prevent theparts being separated.Coffins hollowed out of a single block, to fit the out-line of the mummy, were also used in all the earlierperiods. In late…

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