The Ancient Egyptian Book Of The Dead

The Book of the Dead is the name now given to a collection of religious and magical texts, whose aim was to secure for the deceased a satisfactory afterlife. In... » 

The Book of the Dead is the name now given to a collection of religious and magical texts, whose aim was to secure for the deceased a satisfactory afterlife. In this volume the text, translated by the late Dr R.O. Faulkner, is that found in the papyrus prepared for the scribe Ani. «