Archaeologists discover the lost 'Book of the Dead' buried for thousands of years ...

(THE CONVERSATION) You’ve seen it in bookstores – the metallic turquoise spine peeking out from the shelf under “Eastern Religions.” Or, perhaps, another of its more understated editions rendered in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tibetan fabric painting from the 17th or 18th century depicting a Bardo Cycle deity, representing transitional states between ...