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The Egyptian Book of the Dead (c.1300 BC), one of the first books, was written on papyrus and profusely illustrated. A collection of incantations and formulas written in linear hieroglyphics, these scrolls were funerary gifts buried with the deceased for use in the afterlife. This illustration from the book has been titled The Deceased Before Osiris. |
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When you bring your flesh to rest,
And thus reach the Beyond,
In that stillness
shall I alight upon you;
then united
we shall for the Abode. |
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