Etchings on a burial shaft have been identified as the oldest copy of 'The Book of Two Ways', an an illustrated guide of the underworld. This 'map for the soul' helps the dead navigate the underworld.

Gebel region, a New Kingdom-era cemetery dating back 3,500 years has yielded a rare treasure: a remarkably well-preserved papyrus scroll, estimated to be 43 to 49 feet long, containing part of the ...

Commonly known as the Book of the Dead, this name is a modern term referring to a collection of texts with various purposes, such as guiding souls through the underworld.

Archaeologists won't say what's in 'Lost Book of the Dead' found in Egyptian cemetery The New Kingdom cemetery houses mummies, amulets, statues, canopic jars to store organs and a 43-foot-long ...

King Teti's pyramid is just one of numerous smaller pyramids that can be found at the Saqqara site. Other finds include a 13ft-long papyrus that contains texts from the Book of the Dead.

According to ancient Egyptian religion, every human "goes (back) to his ka" at a certain moment of his existence. It is a journey to the afterlife. The event of death starts a transitory period when ...

The Book of Two Ways is a part of the large body of Egyptian Coffin Texts. Even though the work was known from numerous coffins, it appeared to have been a very unreliable "Guide to the Beyond." Now, ...