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The Book of the Dead
Per-t em hru · The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
For some fifteen hundred years, Egyptians were buried with a book of spells, hymns and passwords to carry them through the underworld. Its most famous scene is the Judgment: the heart of the dead weighed against the feather of Ma’at before Osiris, with Thoth recording the verdict and the devourer Ammit waiting for the unworthy.
In use
c. 1550 – 50 BCE
Known chapters
about 190
Best-known copy
Papyrus of Ani, c. 1250 BCE
This edition
Budge's guide, in English
What you’ll read
Sir E. A. Wallis Budge’s guide to the Book of the Dead, the great Egyptologist’s introduction to the work, in the public domain.
- The title Per-t em hru, and what it means
- Thoth, the god of writing, as its author
- Osiris as judge of the dead and king of the underworld
- The Judgment: the heart weighed against the feather of Ma'at
- The Kingdom of Osiris
- A short description of the chapters, the “doors” of the book
