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Aug 2004, 400 pages
Paperback:
Jun 2005, 400 pages
Emma Pip: British slang for a military policeman.
Canopic Jars: A set of four clay pots, included in the tomb's furnishings, which contained the buried person's organs.
Excerpted from The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips Copyright© 2004 by Arthur Phillips. Excerpted by permission of Random House, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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