EditorialExamples of Egyptian hieroglyphs and writing on papyrus, an embalmed mummy in an urn, a mummy in its coffin and coffin lid. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Galle...
EditorialJames aromatic, Parallel title: The balsamized Jacob; Jacob is being embalmed, Signed: G. D. He?man sculp, copper engraving, plate CXIV (vol. 1), F?ssli, Johann Melchior; Heumann, Georg Daniel (sculp.), 1731, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer: Kupfer-Bibel (...)...
EditorialCanopic Jar with Head of Duamutef, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca. 1295?1185 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 23 cm (9 1/16 in.), Canopic jars were made to contain the embalmed viscera removed from the body in the process of mummification. The org...
EditorialCanopic jar with a human-headed lid, Late Period, Saite, Dynasty 26, 664?525 B.C., Possibly from Upper Egypt, Thebes; From Egypt, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), Jar with Lid: H. 38 cm (14 15/16 in); Diam. 22 cm (8 11/16 in); Jar: H. 25.5 cm (10 1/16 ...
EditorialCanopic Jar with Head of Duamutef, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca. 1295?1185 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 23 cm (9 1/16 in.), Canopic jars were made to contain the embalmed viscera removed from the body in the process of mummification. The org...
EditorialCanopic jar with a human-headed lid, Late Period, Saite, Dynasty 26, 664?525 B.C., Possibly from Upper Egypt, Thebes; From Egypt, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), Jar with Lid: H. 38 cm (14 15/16 in); Diam. 22 cm (8 11/16 in); Jar: H. 25.5 cm (10 1/16 ...
EditorialEgyptian mummies: mummy in coffin 1, coffin cover 2, bird urn 3, bird urn without cover 4, mummy of an embalmed ibis 5, and plan of underground chambers in a pyramid. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kin...
EditorialExamples of Egyptian hieroglyphs and writing on papyrus, an embalmed mummy in an urn, a mummy in its coffin and coffin lid. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Galle...