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Archaeologists found the lost “Book of the Dead” buried in an Egyptian cemetery

Egyptian archaeologists recently located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries

52-foot-long Book of the Dead papyrus from ancient Egypt discovered at Saqqara

There are many texts from The Book of the Dead, and analysis of the new finding may shed light on ancient Egyptian funerary traditions