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.

An exhibition at the Getty reveals the Egyptian Book of the Dead, long relegated to a dark vault, in the light of day. A piece of the Papyrus of Pasherashakhet, dated roughly to 375 B.C. to 275 B ...

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 ...

The Weighing of the Hearts, as seen in an illustration within a copy of the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) An Egyptian archaeologist managed to uncover a ...

The writing — which is more than 2,000 years old — was found inside a coffin and contained a portion of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Experts have already completed the work needed to preserve the ...

By situating the Fayum portraits at the intersection of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Syrian, and Jewish traditions, the book opens up space to understand how cultural practices evolve and intermingle.

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 ...