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Lost Book of the Dead found in Egyptian cemetery and archaeologist won't say what's in it

While we've come to know all manner of things about ancient Egyptian culture and practices, there are still plenty of unknowns, despite what conspiracy theorists might claim to know. But could we be a ...

Curators examined the Book of the Dead—and found a 3,300-year-old version of Wite-Out

Upon digital and infrared inspection, the team discovered the use of ancient correction fluid to trim a drawing on one of the ...
Yahoo

Archaeologists Found the Lost ‘Book of the Dead’ Buried in an Egyptian Cemetery

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 ...
Greek Reporter

Scientists Discover Ancient Correction Fluid in Egyptian Book of the Dead

A 3,300-year-old Egyptian Book of the Dead papyrus reveals that ancient artists used a white mixture as the correction fluid.
LAist

The Getty Villa to offer rare look at ancient Egyptian 'Book of the Dead'

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. This week the Getty Villa Museum will begin offering a rare look at scrolls from its ancient Egyptian “Book of the ...
The New York Times

Writing an Ancient Egyptian Afterlife, in 21 Feet of Scroll

How would a New York Times obituary writer measure up to the scribes of the Book of the Dead? He found out at the Brooklyn Museum. A detail of the gilded Book of the Dead of Ankhmerwer, a funerary ...
Archaeology

“Correction Fluid” Analyzed in Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—Curators at the Fitzwilliam Museum noticed that an image of a jackal on a 3,300-year-old Egyptian papyrus had been modified with white fluid, according to an ArtNet News report. The ...