Yahoo

Archaeologists Found the Lost ‘Book of the Dead’ Buried in an Egyptian Cemetery

Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. They found a “Book of the Dead” papyrus scroll measuring over 43 feet long—a rare ...
Yahoo

42-Foot-Long ‘Book of the Dead’ Scroll Found in Egypt

A well-preserved copy of the "Book of the Dead" was just uncovered in Egypt. This copy was written on a papyrus scroll that is over 42 feet long. Along with the book, the Egyptian government says ...
AOL

Spells for the afterlife found on 52-foot papyrus scroll from ancient Egyptian tomb

Carefully placed inside an ancient Egyptian coffin sat a rolled-up papyrus. While pharaohs came and went, empires rose and fell, the Nile flooded and receded, the papyrus remained unchanged and ...
The New York Times

Now Showing, an Ancient Spell Book for the Dead

An exhibition at the Getty reveals the Egyptian Book of the Dead, long relegated to a dark vault, in the light of day. A piece of the Papyrus of Pasherashakhet, dated roughly to 375 B.C. to 275 B.C., ...
CNN

Researchers reveal first full passages decoded from famously inscrutable Herculaneum scrolls

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Egypt hopes vast new museum by the Pyramids will accelerate tourism revival

Egyptian officials are hoping the inauguration of a vast new museum on Saturday will accelerate the revival of a tourism ...