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Paper, 'An essay on Egyptian mummies; with observations on the art of embalming among the ancient Egyptians' by A B [Augustus Bozzi] Granville

Reference number: PT/18/1

Date: 1825

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Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/11/14-19.

Subject: Egyptology / Anthropology

Published in volume 115 of Philosophical Transactions as 'An essay on Egyptian mummies; with observations on the art of embalming among the ancient Egyptians'.

Read 14 April 1825.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/18/1
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1825
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41 pages
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Augustus Bozzi Granville

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Augustus Bozzi Granville, Paper, 'An essay on Egyptian mummies; with observations on the art of embalming among the ancient Egyptians' by A B [Augustus Bozzi] Granville, 1825, PT/18/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_18_1/paper-an-essay-on-egyptian-mummies-with-observations-on-the-art-of-embalming-among-the-ancient-egyptians-by-a-b-augustus-bozzi-granville, accessed on 11 March 2026

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