The group of buildings in which the greater number of the corpses from Thebes went through the processes of Mummifying, lay on the bare desert-land at some distance from his hovel, southwards from the House of Seti at the foot of the mountain.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
The mere Mummifying of the body with the finest oils and essences, cloths, amulets, and cases, would cost a talent of silver, without the stone sarcophagus.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
The Mummifying of the poor was cheap, and that of the poorest had to be provided by the kolchytes as a tribute to the king, to whom also they were obliged to pay a tax in linen from their looms.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers