The Egyptian Book of the Dead(c. 1550 BCE)

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from the Papyrus of Hunefer

Just the Facts:

• Name: The Egyptian Book of the Dead
• Date: around 1500 BCE
• Place: ancient Egypt
• Language: Egyptian hieroglyphics
• What it is: funerary text containing magic spells to assist the dead on their journey through the underworld and into the afterlife
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