A 3,500-year-old cemetery in Egypt with 'Book of the Dead' papyrus and mummies has been uncovered, according to a statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

In 2022, a 13-foot-long (4 m) fragmentary papyrus containing texts from the Book of the Dead was found at Saqqara in a burial shaft near the pyramid of the pharaoh Teti (reigned circa 2323 B.C. to ...

Egyptian archaeologists recently located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. A particularly exciting find was a Book of the Dead papyrus scroll ...

A piece of the Papyrus of Pasherashakhet, dated roughly to 375 B.C. to 275 B.C., is part of several ancient Egyptian funerary scroll fragments collectively known as the Book of the Dead.

Egyptian officials have released photos of an ancient scroll, the 52-foot-long (16 meters) Book of the Dead papyrus recently discovered in Saqqara.The 10 images show ancient illustrations of gods ...

Dating from between 1479 and 1400 B.C., the papyrus contains a “spell,” an incantation, ... The afterlife as portrayed in the Book of the Dead is one of elaborate and baroque intensity, ...

With a total length of nearly 78 feet, the Ani Papyrus is the most complete surviving version of the Book of the Dead. It was produced around 1275 B.C. for Ani, the royal scribe of Thebes, and his ...

The dead then entered into the Hall of Maat, or justice. There the dead had to address the 42 assessor gods by their correct name, and declare that they were innocent of a number of specific sins.

Archaeologists discovered the Book of the Dead papyrus within a coffin in a tomb near the Step Pyramid of Djoser and announced the discovery on Jan. 14 for Egyptian Archaeologists Day, but this is ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 52-foot-long (16 meters) papyrus containing sections from the Book of the Dead. The more than 2,000-year-old document was found within a coffin in a tomb ...