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Coffin reused for Ramesses II

Campbell Price describes the beautifully carved cedarwood coffin of a king.

Left Restoration work being carried out on the Book of the Dead of Ahmose. below A scene from Ahmose’s Book of the Dead, showing the ‘weighing of the heart’ with the monster god Amit in attendance.

Unrolling a Book of the Dead scroll

Measuring more than 16 metres long, the papyrus was discovered in May 2022 at Saqqara