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Excerpt from The Book of the Dead In this short treatise on the Book of the Dead the author makes no claim to original research, but attempts, as far as possible, to bring the work of scholars within the reach of all who are interested, not only in the Egyptian Book of the Dead, but also in the religious thought of the ancient world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.