The Mummy: A History of the Extraordinary Practices of Ancient Egypt.
Bell Publishing Company, New York 1989, 8vo, orig. bind med omslag, xii + 404 s., engelsk tekst, illustrasjoner, kartusjer og hieroglyfer.
Wikipedia: «Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East.»
«The preservation of the human body by embalming or mummification was the primary goal of every ancient Egyptian who wished to obtain eternal life. In The Mummy, noted scholar and Egyptologist E. A. Wallis Budge presents a history of ancient Egypt and describes the infinite care, techniques, and heavy expense that went into mummifying a body.»