mar 13, 1550 BC - Book of the Dead

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1550-50 BCE Egypt
Used in Egyptian funeral rite. literal translation "Book of going forth into the day". corresponds to various steps to the Egyptian afterlife. Most commonly written in Hieroglyphics. Provides spells for the departed soul's journey. "Negative Confession" represents the dead person's oath to the god Osiris that he had not commited any of the 42 sins that would bar his way to the afterlife. The rational path reflects Egyptian concept that the Gods are not merely capricious beings unconcerned with the well-being of humanity.