Handbook to the antiquities in the British Museum : being a description of the remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian and Etruscan art preserved there, with numerous illustrations (1851)
Vaux, W. S. W. (William Sandys Wright), 1818-1885 · London : Murray · leaf 389
e may have been introduced at a subsequent period.The preparation of the body for the process of embalment is oftenrepresented on papyri and mummy-cases, on which we see picturesof the body stretched out on a table supported by a lions head andlegs. The embalmers, who are painted black, wear… … Jars for Entrails. of some Divinity, of a human being, or of the monkey, the fox, thecat, or some other animal. In representations of the embalmingprocess, four vases are constantly observed under the table. Gilding appears to have been extensively used in the decorationof mummies. It has been…
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