A body of ancient Egyptian funerary texts, compiled from spells and illustrations intended to guide the deceased through the afterlife, in use from around the New Kingdom period onward and a central source for ancient Egyptian religious belief about death and judgment. Belongs here: any passage drawn from this body of texts. Does not belong here: passages from earlier Egyptian funerary literature such as the Pyramid Texts or Coffin Texts, tracked under their own entities where present.
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WikipediaWikipedia Book of the Dead, lead section, origin statement
The Book of the Dead is the name given to an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom to around 50 BC. "Book" is the closest term to describe the loose collection of texts consisting of a number of magic spells intended to assist a dead person's journey through the Duat, or underworld, and into the afterlife and written by many priests over a period of about 1,000 years.
Wikipedia Book of the Dead, lead section, era statement
The Book of the Dead is the name given to an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom to around 50 BC. "Book" is the closest term to describe the loose collection of texts consisting of a number of magic spells intended to assist a dead person's journey through the Duat, or underworld, and into the afterlife and written by many priests over a period of about 1,000 years.
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