About 3,500 years ago, did the Egyptian woman named Webennesre feel comforted at all being accompanied in death by a papyrus now on display at the Getty Villa exhibition “The Egyptian Book of ...

We dispel the myths surrounding this ancient text and reveal its true purpose. We reveal the true purpose of the ancient text, discover more about the ancient Egyptian people and their ...

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According to The New York Times, Egyptologists found parts of an illustrated “book” that served as a guide to reach Rostau — the Underworld ruled by Osiris, the Egyptian god of death.

AGENERATION ago, Professor Friedrich Delitzsch in his lectures on “Babel und Bibel” let loose a slue of characteristic Teutonic anti-Semitism under the guise of Assyriologic scholarship. A few ...

In their co-taught course, LIT 159M/HIS 159M: The Curse of the Mummy, UC Santa Cruz Associate Professor of Literature Renee Fox and Associate Professor of History Elaine Sullivan are looking into the ...

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In his intellectually sparkling and beautifully crafted “The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie,” Richard Dawkins argues that, unlike the unfinished works of human literature ...

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The "Book of the Dead" is a modern-day name given to a series of ancient Egyptian texts that the Egyptians believed would help the dead navigate the underworld, as well as serving other purposes.

“For example, in mummy movies, including Brendan Fraser’s ‘The Mummy,’ there’s always a focus on the ‘Book of the Dead’ and dramatic horror,” Sullivan said. “But there was no actual Egyptian ‘Book of ...