Identifier: holybiblecontain00ny (find matches)
Title: The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments ..
Year: 1896 (1890s)
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Publisher: N.Y
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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OSIRIS, judge otthe dead. AMEN, father ofthe gods. The goddess SEKHET,the Sun-flame. The goddess NEITH,the Weaver. Plate^XX,NAMES of EGYPTIAN KINGS7mentioned_in.the Bible. m GEM ^ GHEP King of the North and South, Usr-maat-Ra, setep-en-Ra, se-Ra,son ofthe Sun, Ra-messu meri Amen. (ftameses II.) m GE1SI ^G QHHt) King of the Kheper-sekhet-R3, son of Shashanq meri Amen,North and setep-en-Ra, the Sunfj (Shishqi^ South, C°Iu) ¥ (mehj King of the North Nefer-ka-Ra, son of the Sun, Shabaka. and South, (SabacoJ King of the Ra-nefer-Tem-Khu, son of the Sun, Taherq.North and (Tirhakah.) South, G Ji Cu¥l King of the North Nem-ab-R§# son of the Sun, Nekau.and South, (Necho.) 6. GEE! GF -N King of the North Haa-ab-Ra, son of the Sun, Uah-ab-Ra.and South, (Hophra.) 1 The group of characters in this oval forms the prenomm,1 The group of characters in this oval forms the notnen.
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Plate XXI.—EGYPTIAN EMBALMERS. The Egyptians believed that after the judgment of the dead in the Hall of Double Truth beforeOsiris, the judge of the dead, and after the soul had undergone all its transformations, it wouldreturn and again enter and live in the body in the tomb. The bodies of the dead were preservedby filling them with gums, spices, and other aromatic and astringe,nt substances, and by soakingthem from forty to seventy days in a bath of natron or bitumen. For mummies of the poorer classessalt only was used. The principal intestines were also mummified, and were afterwards preservedin sealed jars. If by any chance the heart were destroyed, it was not possible for the dead to enjoylife in the world to come. The mummy was carefully bandaged with linen strips, between whichamulets were laid in order to protect it from worms and decay, and to ensure the protection of Isis,Nephthys, Mut, Hathor, and other deities. It was finally covered with a thin layer of plaster, uponwhi

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