Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt. For the use of students and travellers (1914)
Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Johns, Agnes Sophia Griffith, 1859- · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel and Co. · leaf 194
elbe destroyed. The greater part of the inscriptionsreferred to the soul, and preserved it from thedangers which it must face in heaven and on earth.They taught it the sovereign incantations againstthe bite of snakes and venomous creatures, the pass-words that conferred on them the right to enter… … Fig. 154.—Mastabat el Faraiin. in the chapel, the destiny of the soul was to followthe sun across the sky, and for this he depended onthe instructions written for him on the walls of thetomb chamber. It was through their merit that theabsorption of the dead man into Osiris was com-pleted, and that…
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