Book of the Dead

"The Book of Dead" is the common name for the ancient Egyptian
funerary text known as "Spells of Coming" (or "Going") "Forth
By Day." The Book of the Dead was a description of the ancient Egyptian
conception of the afterlife and a collection of hymns, spells, and instructions
to allow the deceased to pass through obstacles in the afterlife. The Book of
the Dead was most commonly written on a papyrus scroll and placed in the coffin
or burial chamber of the deceased

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