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 ...

Archaeologists working in Egypt have brought to light a remarkably preserved funerary papyrus that specialists are already calling a lost “Book of the Dead,” a discovery that folds fresh detail into ...

Ancient Egypt is known for a great many things — pyramids, mummies, colorful gods and magic. But one of the least known of these is the the Book of the Dead, which was supposed to guide the soul into ...