The Egyptian culture is one of the most influential cultures of time. Through Out Hollywood Egyptians are portrayed as slave drivers and scary mummy’s; the Egyptians are wrongfully portrayed. The book of the dead is a window in to the past of what mummies were really for besides terrorizing the looters that came for their treasure. The book of the dead helps the deceased journey to the next world with prayers and speeches. The book of the dead is just the moer common name for the book of coming forth by day.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead is usually a long scroll that contains many spells and hymns that help a body pass on to the next life. The book of the dead began to show up in tombs around1600 BC. The spells and hymns …show more content…
This scroll was made during the early Ramesside period in Ani 's home town, and is one of the most beautiful scrolls. The scroll is referred to as "the Accounts-Scribe of the Divine Offerings of all the Gods." It was purchased E. A. Wallis Budge, in 1888 for the British Museum where it is displayed today. This Book of the dead is a total length of seventy-five feet, it is one of the best-preserved examples of the book from the New Kingdom. the scroll was a template for other productions and at the las minute Ani’s name was placed in the appropriate spaces be for his death. Ani and other Egyptians bought a scroll of the highest quality they could afford and could modify the scroll based on what they thought would need. The sheets with those relevant spells were glued together to form the final …show more content…
For the Egyptians like everyone else they knew death would come but they believed that they could survive it by making it to the good side by going through many trials. Un like today how humanity thinks that death will bring everyone to the same level the Egyptians believed that class was still prevalent in death. The main objective after death the for Egyptians they wanted to stay apart of the elite or become more powerful. Pharos believed that once they died they would become raw and have more power over the earthly world. This was achieved through the help of all the spells in the book of the dead. This is why Egyptians had large collections of earthly possessions buried with them so that they could live a comfortable life in the Egyptian Elysian