The Weighing of the Heart

Watch a video presenting one of the spells from an Egyptian Book of the Dead.

An Egyptian Book of the Dead is a collection of incantations, spells, and prayers designed to help the dead achieve an eternal afterlife. This video presents one of its spells, “The Weighing of the Heart.” It describes the ritual in which the deceased, Imhotep, appears before the god Osiris to prove he has lived according to the proper moral code.


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