They loved life and wanted it to continue in the afterlife The Book of the Dead contained all the spells, tips and tricks any Ancient Egyptian could need to survive the afterlife. It started as a ...

Follow the story - spanning more than 4,000 years - of the ancient scroll, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which is thought to have influenced not only the Old ...

Also among the discoveries was a 13ft-long papyrus including texts of the Book of the Dead ... ancient monasteries, and animal burial sites, is a vast necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital ...

Despite his fame today however, King Tut’s rule was very short and he had little impact on Egyptian ... ancient coffins. It was thought that these pictures would help protect the resident dead ...

People in ancient ... the souls of the dead in the afterlife, with most of the afterlife theories revolved around a soul's journey through the underworld or Duat. Ancient Egyptians believed ...

If you know about the Tibetan Book of the Dead, you probably already know that these three famous musicians were hugely inspired by its texts.