The Book of the DeadFront matterReading editionChapter navigation11 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterThe Title.The Preservation of the Mummified Body in the Tomb by Thoth.The Book Per-t em hru, or [The Chapters of] Coming forth by (or, into) the Day, commonly called the "Book of the Dead."Thoth, the Author of the Book of the Dead.Thoth and Osiris.Osiris as Judge of the Dead and King of the Under World.The Judgment of Osiris.The Kingdom of Osiris.A Short Description of the "Doors" or Chapters of the Book of the Dead.Note.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →The Title.All chapters and sections (11)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsThe Title.The Preservation of the Mummified Body in the Tomb by Thoth.The Book Per-t em hru, or [The Chapters of] Coming forth by (or, into) the Day, commonly called the "Book of the Dead."Thoth, the Author of the Book of the Dead.Thoth and Osiris.Osiris as Judge of the Dead and King of the Under World.The Judgment of Osiris.The Kingdom of Osiris.A Short Description of the "Doors" or Chapters of the Book of the Dead.Note.page 1◇The Book of the Dead.page 1◇Notes in this chapterNote 1 · See Journal de Trévoux, June, 1704; Caylus, Antiq. Egypt., tom. I, plate 21; Denon, Travels, plates 136 and 137; and Description de l'ÉgypteNote 2 · Copie Figurée d'un Rouleau de Papyrus trouvé à Thèbes dans un tombeau des Rois. Paris, XIII–1805. This papyrus is nearly 30 feet in length aThe Title. →