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Speak My Name: Investigating Egyptian Mummies

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Creator
  • Fraser, James
  • Lord, Conni
  • Magnussen, John
2022

Abstract
  • “Speak my name so that I may live again” was often written on the walls of Egyptian tombs, imploring visitors to speak the names of the dead and make offerings on their behalf. These acts of continued remembrance sustained the dead in the afterlife.

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Resource Type
  • Book
Creator
  • Fraser, James
  • Lord, Conni
  • Magnussen, John
Date published
  • 2022
Institution
  • British Museum
Project name
  • Nicholson Museum Mummy Project
Publisher
  • Sydney University Press
Place of publication
  • Sydney, Australia
ISBN
  • 9781743328460
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