Cover of Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead

Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead

by Paul F. O'Rourke

2016 216 pages eng

The Book of the Dead of Sobekmose', in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York, is one of the most important surviving examples of the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead genre. Such papyrus scrolls were composed of traditional funerary texts, including magic spells, that were thought to assis…

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