Monday, February 11, 2019

The Book of the Dead was Egyptians' inside guide to the underworld

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2016/01-02/egypt-book-of-the-dead/?fbclid=IwAR3XMKowFQvIoTdtUKFxWSLqgOKV_1erz4RVM0e9Fq4GZ96WBjuPkfjpS4A

In 1842, the German Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius transformed understanding of Egyptian spirituality after he published a collection of ancient mortuary texts. Known in ancient Egypt as “The Chapters of Going Forth by Day,” Lepsius dubbed it the Book of the Dead. Its 200 chapters are a thrilling insight into beliefs about the trials, joys, and fears on the journey into death’s mysterious realm

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