Archaeologists in central Egypt reported finding a 43‑ to 49‑foot, well‑preserved papyrus in a New Kingdom tomb, underscoring ...
Archaeologists working in Egypt have brought to light a remarkably preserved funerary papyrus that specialists are already calling a lost “Book of the Dead,” a discovery that folds fresh detail into ...
Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. They found a “Book of the Dead” papyrus scroll measuring over 43 feet long—a rare ...
Ancient Egypt is known for a great many things — pyramids, mummies, colorful gods and magic. But one of the least known of these is the the Book of the Dead, which was supposed to guide the soul into ...
The Book of the dead. Facsimiles of the papyri of Hunefer, Ȧnhai, Kerāsher and Netchemet, with supplementary text from the papyrus of Nu; with transcripts, translations, etc., by E.A. Wallis Budge .