The most famous of all ancient Egyptian texts-with an introduction by one of the most celebrated Egyptologists
of our time
AMONG THE MOST WIDELY read and studied of all ancient writings, The Egyptian Book of the Dead consists of funerary
texts that ancient Egyptian scribes composed for the benefit of the dead. This astonishing array of spells, hymns
and litanies, magical formulae and names, and words of power and prayers were all found cut or painted on walls
of pyramids and tombs, and painted on coffins, sarcophagi, and rolls of papyri.