... Book of History — the Euterpe — he gives the reigns of the Egyptian Kings down to the Conquest, by Cambyses the Persian. In the course of his writing, we find a minute description of the three classes or manners of embalming the Egyptian mummies.... Mémoires présentés à l'Institut égyptien - Pagina 141908Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| George Jones - 1843 - 500 pagina’s
...classes or manners of embalming the Egyptian mummies. In the highest class of embalming, he states, " In the first place, with a crooked piece of iron they pull out the brain by the [way of the] nostrils /" [Book ii., sections 86—89.] So extraordinary a statement might well originally... | |
| George Jones - 1843 - 572 pagina’s
...classes or manners of embalming the Egyptian mummies. In the highest class of embalming, he states, " In the first place, with a crooked piece of iron they pull out the brain by the [way of the] nostrils /" [Book ii., sections 86 — 89.] So extraordinary a statement might well originally... | |
| George Jones - 1843 - 486 pagina’s
...classes or manners of embalming the Egyptian mummies. In the highest class of embalming, he states, " In the first place, with a crooked piece of iron they pull out the brain by the [way of the] nostrils /" [Book ii., sections 86—89.] So extraordinary a statement might well originally... | |
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