The Mummy A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary Archaeology is linguist and Orientalist E.A. Wallis Budges detailed overview of Egyptian funeral practices and beliefs. Included is a history of Egypt as well as the translation of common hieroglyphs to augment readers understanding of Egyptian culture. He describes in detail the wrapping and burying of mummies the attendants to the tombs and the dead drawings and hieroglyphs found on tomb walls coffins and sarcophagi treasures buried with the dead and s