CONTENTS. XXIX 



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The Idea of being born again. Nothing annihilated, only 

 changing its Form. Other Judgment Scenes - 449 



The Goddess of Justice without a Head. The Good said 

 to be "judged" or "justified." They were presented 

 with the Fruit and Drink of Heaven - - 450 



Embalming. The Patterns shown to the Friends of the 

 different Modes of Embalming - - - 451 



The Third Kind of Embalming. Bodies of Women of 

 Quality. Expense of each according to Diodorus - 458 



The Dissector runs away, having made an Incision] in the 

 Bod}'. Embalmed for Thirty Days. (Note. — The Heart 

 the Vital Principle.) ---... 454, 



Remarks on the Statements of Herodotus and Diodorus. 

 All good Men after Death might assume the Name and 

 Form of Osiris - - - _ . 455 



The Mummies of the Poor had no Form beyond that of a 

 bandaged Body. Several Gradations in the Mode of 

 Embalming. Brain extracted from the Nostrils. The 

 Incision in the Left Side. Mummies without any Inci- 

 sion ---._. 456 



The Expenses varied. Execrations against the Dissector, 

 or Paraschistes. The actual Face of the Body not 

 seen ...... 457 



Persons employed in preparing the Body. The Under- 

 takers. Many Artisans also assisted in preparing Things 

 for the Funeral. The Cases made by Order of the 

 Relations ...... 453 



Or by the Undertakers. The Seventy -two Days compre- 

 hended the whole Period of Mourning ; Forty being 

 alone occupied by the Embalming. The Jews em- 

 balmed the Body and bound it up in Linen Cloths - 459 



The Erabalmers of the Medical Profession, and of the Class 

 of Priests. Bodies opened to ascertain Diseases. The 

 Advancement of the Egyptians in Medical Skill. Doctors 

 for every Class of Complaints ... 4Q0 



Wise Regulations respecting Dead Bodies found either in 

 the Field or the River - - , - - 461 



Another Reason assigned for their Embalming. Erroneous. 



