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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 226

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Wesee the mummy of Hunefer upright before the stelaand tomb (fig. 176) ; the women of the family arebewailing him, while the men and the priest presentofferings to him. The papyri of the princes and princesses of the VIGNETTES OF THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. 199 family of Pinotem in the Cairo Museum prove… … T^l/CH£\ffiy>*l_ Fig. 176.—Vignette from the Book of the Dead, from the papyrusof Hunefer. but rude and valueless drawings. The downfall ofthe Persian domination occasioned a revival ; thetombs of the Greek period have yielded papyri withvignettes carefully executed in a dry and…

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