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Excerpt from The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology The chapters contained in this book were originally written to form the Introduction to the Catalogue of tile E gyptian Collection in the F itzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, which I wrote for the Syndics of that institution; they are intended to supply the information necessary for under standing the object and use of the antiquities described therein. In the hope, however, that they may be of service to all such as are interested in the antiquities of Egypt, it has been decided to publish them in a separate form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.