OI Ancient Literature Workshops, Session 6: Book of the Dead

What is the Book of the Dead, and how was it created? The OI's Foy Scalf brings Egyptian funerary text to life on a unique tour that travels through spells inscribed on ancient papyrus, exploring some very human elements along the way.
If you would like to scroll and zoom through the papyri referenced in this workshop, follow the links below:
Papyrus of Irtyuru
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Papyrus of Nesshutefnut
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You can learn more about these two papyri and the Book of the Dead in general in the OI’s Book of the Dead: Becoming God in Ancient Egypt catalog:
oi.uchicago.edu/research/publ...
Further explore the Book of the Dead in the OI’s online exhibitions:
Book of the Dead: Becoming God in Ancient Egypt
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Papyrus Milbank: Unrolling the Book of the Dead Papyrus of Irtyuru
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[@michaelellis6437]

Thank you for this wonderful tour through the manuscript. Very informative and enjoyable.

[@jneqjfkr]

Thank you. Brilliant, ... I didn't want it to end.

[@eowynefer]

Magnifica exposición. Muy interesante y exclarecedora. Muchas gracias!

[@sherrysyed]

Really appreciate it!!

[@sherrysyed]

Thanks!

[@lospenguin5208]

"It is not a space for a picture." So I work as an editor for a publishing agency .. we actually place a sentence stating "This page intentionally left blank." in blank pages in the manuals to let people know the page was intentionally left blank .. for the reader. 🤔 I would be curious if the publishing agency for this second book of the dead may have meant this. Great vid. Pretty hilarious to see editing errors similar to those we have in editing... especially the disconnect between illustrators and writers.

[@NannyMAU]

The Title is Per Em Heru - Coming Forth in Light- To be Resurrected- Reborn

[@Johnny_Tambourine]

Would be interesting to see if they could identify the scribes through style or handwriting enough to know how many different people worked on each book.

[@grandmatippytoes7523]

I was only able to find this one: Session 6. Are the other 5 uploaded onto KZbin?

[@TommyHoppeArt]

Wow

[@DominicFawver]

A mistake from the poor illustrator that has been discovered more than 2000 years later! It is fascinating to see how small details can tell us so much about our past.

[@daleknight8971]

Fallen angle spells

[@napalmholocaust9093]

We would have none of this if we didn't see the dead in dreams.