The culture, society, religion and philosophy of ancient Egypt continue to fascinate the modern world.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead is a definitive restoration of the legendary 3,500-year-old Papyrus of Ani—the most beautiful and complete of the illustrated Egyptian funerary scrolls ever discovered. It has been restored to its original sequences of text and artwork, using the best efforts of renowned scholars and the latest advances in computer technology.

This stunning edition of The Egyptian Book of the Dead has involved the work of many experts over many years. The translation is by Dr. Raymond Faulkner (1894-1982), a renowned British Egyptologist. Dr. Ogden Goelet, Professor of Egyptian Language and Literature at New York University, provides an introduction and commentaries.

The preface is by Carol Andrews, a curator in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum. James Wasserman is a New York- and Florida-based writer and book designer whose supervision brought the work of these and other scholars together in this library edition of the work.