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The Egyptian Book of the Dead

From November 1, 2023 through January 29, 2024
  • The Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Hwy., Pacific Palisades
Free
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An image of a page from the Egyptian Book of the dead with images and hieroglyphics.
The Getty Museum presents objects from the collection of ancient Egyptian manuscripts bearing spells from the Book of the Dead.
(Papyrus of Pasherashakhet (detail), about 375–275 BC. Ink on papyrus.
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Getty Museum, 83.AI.46.2. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Kraus)

The Getty Museum's new exhibition The Egyptian Book of the Dead showcases its collection of ancient Egyptian manuscripts bearing spells from the Book of the Dead. The objects, which are being exhibited to the public for the first time, originally belonged to the burials of eight individuals and are now housed in the antiquities collection.