597K views · 20K reactions | A well-preserved copy of the "Book of the Dead" was just uncovered in Egypt. This copy was written on a papyrus scroll that is over 42 feet long. Along with the book, the Egyptian government says archaeologists have uncovered ornaments, amulets, and decorations that date back to the New Kingdom Period of the Pharaohs. | Inside Edition | Facebook

Possibly over 3,000 years old, this Book of the Dead papyrus for the burial of Nauny, a Chantress of Amun, is attributed to the 21st Dynasty of the Third Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt. The scroll contains funerary spells including the Judgment of Osiris, or Weighing of the Heart, where Nauny is depicted before the gods Osiris, Anubis, Thoth, and Isis. It measures 5.215 × 0.35 m (17 ft 1 in × 1 ft 1.8 in) This artifact is now housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New Y