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The Book of the Dead
 The Book of the Dead - this collection of spells, which the Egyptians in the era of New Kingdom and later placed in tombs to deceased could safely overcome danger to regain peace and immortality.
In an era of ancient kingdoms existed custom of reading aloud spells for the deceased king, which should enable them have a life after death. These spells in modern science were called The Texts Of Pyramids, because they recorded on the walls of underground facilities pyramids V and VI dynasties. Later these texts and began recording in the tomb of Egyptian grandee.
By the time the Middle Kingdom assembly spells already recorded on the surface of the sarcophagus and made available to anyone who could acquire such a sarcophagus. Many spells Text of the sarcophagus were later included in the collections of spells New Kingdom.
In the New Kingdom, and later recorded spells on papyros scrolls, and sometimes on the skin. These scrolls and books were called dead, despite the fact that they vary greatly in content and location of the texts.
Scientists identify two major editions of the book:
-- From the New Kingdom
-- From the Roman era
Spells for the next collection of selected each time rather arbitrarily, in addition to the actual text of a spell often varies from one to another papyrus. Spells are, in fact, the magic formula, which - to help the deceased to go through all the trials and dangers, with whom he will face after death. But since a spell and come from many different sources, the concept of life after death remains unclear. Of the texts suggest that the deceased regaining power over its body and, as before, enjoying the pleasures of life; deceased may accede to the sun god Ra, crosses the horizon in its barke; deceased could become a swallow, snake or crocodile or even merge with god Osiris.
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