The Book of the Dead - a collection of 200 hymns to the gods and magic spells - some of these in one's tomb was a passport for easy entry to the after-life.
Interestingly ancient Egyptians expected to face a weighing of their purity of heart by a monster, the Devourer, as they proceeded through the afterlife. Just as we are taught about the spectre of heaven and hell - the story of death and the after life are constants through human history.
New London exhibit - Journey Through the Afterlife: Egyptian Book of the Dead.
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