Learn more about the Book of the Dead

A fundamental book to understand the Egyptian culture.We could define it as a guide for the beyond that everyone should have.If you liked the article "The Book of the Dead", we invite you to continue deepening the subject.

Get to know the book of the Dead in 12 steps

Those responsible for making "The Book of the Dead" were the scribes in the funeral workshops.In the beginning they were only intended for members of the Royal Family and later for the social elite (priests, officials and scribes).

Ani and his wife face the" Seven Doors of the House of Osiris "

1.It was a text very extensive , in fact some of the specimens that have been preserved in papyrus rolls reach an extension of 40 meters.

2.It was very expensive , half of the annual pay of a peasant (a must of silver) but for the Egyptians it was very important to have one of them, because thanks to his magic formulas the deceased could reach beyond.

3.The magic formulas were inscribed in the rolls of papyrus , in the bandages of the mummies and in the walls of the graves.Without these formulas, the deceased could die again for the second time, which meant total annihilation.

4.A multitude of copies have been found in the graves .

5.The book took a tour of all the stages through which the deceased had to go and what he should do in each of them:

Prayer of family and friends
Exorcism formulas and spell that the deceased after leaving the mummy had to pronounce when entering beyond to overcome obstacles and respo nder the guardians' questions.

6.Includes a poetic description of the life of the afterlife .

7.Tambien the glorification of the soul is recounted in the journey on the boat of the God Re crossing the sky until it reaches the court of the God Osiris, where the heart is weighed to see if it deserves to pass into eternal life.

8.The Book of the Dead became a whole business controlled by the priests who were the only ones who possessed the secrets of the book; made some luxury editions for wealthy individuals.

9.The Book of the Dead appeared in the 13th century BC and was changing until between the sixth and seventh centuries it acquired the definitive version .

10.The Book of the Dead also influenced the Art, since much of the Funerary Architecture was decorated with elements of the Book of the Dead, such as the tombs of Pashedu in Thebes or the funerary temple of Thutmose in Deir el Bahari.

11.The best known and complete version is that of the Ani papyrus .Its length is 23.6 meters.The British Museum acquired it in Thebes in 1888.It was made by 3 different scribes.There is an electronic version of it.

12.The first facsimile modern dates from 1805 and in 1822 when Champollion began to decipher the hieroglyphs, he recognized it as a funerary text.

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