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Priest, Book of the Dead

A detail from the Book of the Dead of Aaneru from Thebes, Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, 1070-946 BCE.

Pharaoh, Book of the Dead

A detail from the Book of the Dead of Tayesnakht from Thebes, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE. Pharaohs often wore two crowns to signify the unification…

Figure 12: Modern Printing Press Machine
Figure 11: A Printing Machine used until 1957
Book of the Dead for the Singer of Amun, Nany, ca. 1050 BCE

Sheet of papyrus with paint from a Book of the Dead for the Singer of Amun from 1050 BCE.

Sheet from a Book of the Dead, ca. 1075-945 BCE

Papyrus sheet from a Book of the Dead from 1075-945 BCE

Figure 9: Hand papermaking from G. A. Böckler’s Theatrum Machinarum Novum (Nuremberg, 1661). With
water-powered hammers, the linen rags are pulped. The vatman stands at the vat with a mould; the
coucher presses the post; the drying sheets hang on ropes above, ready to be sized, calendared, gathered into reams, and packaged. Courtesy of Alan Crocker
Figure 8: Diagram of the parts of a common press. Line drawing by Chartwell Illustrators
Figure 7: Mezzotint of Samson Occom by Jonathan Spilsbury, after a portrait by Mason Chamberlin, 1768. National Portrait Gallery, public domain.
Figure 6: Hiawatha Belt
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