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.

The depth of the writer’s commitment is tested when he meets with a Southern Californian tattooist proficient in ancient ...

An exhibition at the Getty reveals the Egyptian Book of the Dead, long relegated to a dark vault, in the light of day.

Egyptian mythology is packed with drama, divine intrigue, and more sibling rivalry than your last family holiday. Luckily, you don't need to build a time machine or learn how to read hieroglyphs ...

Egyptian excerpts and manuscripts uncover the ancient traditions about how the people mused about life and prepared for the afterlife. (Getty Museum) On Nov. 1, the Getty Villa Museum opened its new ...

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 ...

More than a mere curio, Prince Omar Toussoun's book on the Egyptian-Sudanese battalion that fought in the Franco-Mexican War is a treasure detailing a remarkable moment in Egypt's history ...

We dispel the myths surrounding this ancient text and reveal its true purpose. We reveal the true purpose of the ancient text, discover more about the ancient Egyptian people and their ...

A senet game board may represent the changing meaning of the ancient Egyptian game.

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 ...