A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

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.

Archaeologists have uncovered a copy of the "Book of the Dead" in an ancient Egyptian cemetery. The document was used by Egyptian priests to guide the dead to the afterlife. Alongside the scroll ...

A piece of the Papyrus of Pasherashakhet, dated roughly to 375 B.C. to 275 B.C., is part of several ancient Egyptian funerary scroll fragments collectively known as the Book of the Dead.Credit ...

Ancient Egypt is known for a great many things — pyramids, mummies, colorful gods and magic. But one of the least known of ...

Egyptian archaeologists recently ... How Dead People Are Turned Into Diamonds “The Book of the Dead reveals central aspects of the ancient Egyptians’ belief system,” the center writes ...

The Weighing of the Hearts, as seen in an illustration within a copy of the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) An Egyptian archaeologist managed to uncover a ...

Egypt has announced the discovery of ancient Luxor tombs, heightening excitement for the full opening of the Grand Egyptian ...

Even those who know little of ancient Egypt’s mysteries have heard of the infamous Book of the ... deceased gods or dead humans back to life, symbolizing rebirth in Egyptian culture.

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 ...

What it tells us about the past: This amulet, shaped like a scarab beetle, was discovered in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman ... a version of the Book of the Dead chapter on heart ...