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The Book of the Dead (Spells for Going Forth by Day)
Not one book but a personal toolkit of spells, copied fresh for each journey into the next world.
What scholars call the 'Book of the Dead' is the Egyptians' collection of 'Spells for Going Forth by Day': funerary texts written on papyrus (and coffins, amulets, and tomb walls) to help the dead navigate the afterlife — passing its dangers, answering its gatekeepers, and reaching the blessed realm. There was no single fixed book; each papyrus drew a different selection of spells, often illustrated with vignettes. It grew out of the earlier Pyramid and Coffin Texts.
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