Yale's Peabody museum is displaying ancient papyrus from Egypt that showcases some of humanity's first forms of writing.

Excavations near the pyramid of Teti at Saqqara uncovered 54 New Kingdom sarcophagi, a nearly 5-meter-long Book of the Dead papyrus, and the funerary temple of Queen Naert, wife of Teti. The site also ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed a sealed packet of the epic poem resting atop a Roman-era mummy, suggesting they may have been used as a magical ward for the afterlife.

For the deceased of Roman-era Egypt, Greek literature may have offered a cheat code to a more comfortable afterlife.