Note 1 — PREFACE.

The whole process of embalmment is briefly described in the Rhind Papyrus, edited by Birch, London, 1863, and by Brugsch, Leipzig, 1865. The procedure of the taricheuts is described in a Vienna papyrus, edited by Bergmann, Vienna, 1887, and the conclusion of their operations in a Paris papyrus and a Bûlaq papyrus, edited by Maspero, Pap. du Louvre, Paris, 1875. For the transport of the mummy, see Dümichen, Kal. Insch., pl. 35 sqq. The minutely ordered ritual for the ceremonies at the door of the tomb was published and investigated in Schiaparelli's admirable work, Il Libro dei Funerali, Turin, 1881—1890.