The "Book of the Dead" is a modern-day name given to a series of ancient Egyptian texts that the Egyptians believed would help the dead navigate the underworld, as well as serving other purposes.

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

Archaeologists have uncovered a copy of the "Book of the Dead" in an ancient Egyptian cemetery. The document was used by Egyptian priests to guide the dead to the afterlife. Alongside the scroll ...

Ancient Egypt is known for a great many things — pyramids, mummies, colorful gods and magic. But one of the least known of ...

Elsewhere, a piece of papyrus was also discovered, which contained references to the "Book of the Dead," an ancient Egyptian text that helped the dead navigate to the afterlife. The Egyptian ...

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.Credit ...

Also among the discoveries was a 13ft-long papyrus including texts of the Book of the Dead and a collection of spells aimed at directing the dead through the underworld in ancient Egypt.

From the essential "Book of the Dead" to the intriguing golden ... Discover the reasons behind these ancient practices and what they reveal about Egyptian beliefs, culture, and their profound ...

About 3,500 years ago, did the Egyptian woman named Webennesre feel comforted at all being accompanied in death by a papyrus now on display at the Getty Villa exhibition “The Egyptian Book of ...

When it was made: Around 1473 B.C. Related: Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield and ponytail What it tells us about the past: This amulet, shaped like ...