THE BOOK OF THE DEAD AND THE BOOK OF THE LIVING

The Book of the Dead is the modern name of an Ancient Egyptian funerary text that was used from the beginning of the New Kingdom, after the fall of Egypt.

The original Egyptian name for the text, transliterated, is conventionally translated by Egyptologists as Book of the exit to the day, or 'Book of the emergency to the light'. The text consisted of a series of magical spells intended to help the deceased overcome the judgment of Osiris, assist them in their journey through the Duat, the underworld, and travel to the Aaru, in the afterlife.

The Book of the Dead was part of a tradition of funerary texts initiated by the older Pyramid Texts and Sarcophagus Texts, which were inscribed on tomb walls or in coffins, and not on papyri. Some of the spells of the Book of the Dead were extracted from these ancient texts and date from the 3rd millennium BC. C., while other magic formulas were composed later in Egyptian history and date from the Third Intermediate Period. Some of the chapters that made up the book continued to be inscribed on tomb walls and sarcophagi, just as spells had been since their origin. The Book of the Dead was placed in the sarcophagus or burial chamber of the deceased.

There was no single canonical Book of the Dead. The surviving papyri contain a varied selection of religious and magical texts and differ markedly in their illustrations. Some people commissioned their copies of the book, perhaps the correct use of spells they considered most important to their progression in the afterlife. The Book of the Dead was written with hieroglyphics or hieratic writing on papyrus scrolls that showed vignettes depicting the deceased and his journey to the afterlife.

On the other hand, there is another book called the "Book of the living" which is about souls coming back to life and regardless of the sin committed, and both books are dangerous books that cannot fall. in people with bad intentions and they, they would learn that the hard way by a mistake they would make.

Everyone knew that the book of the dead could not fall into the Devil and Goddess Athena because if the enemies have both books, it will be the end of humanity.

In both books, the Egyptians had them kept in a secret place that only they and the Gods of Olympus knew where they were.

Before the Goddess Athena returned to Heaven, she stole both books, with the sole purpose of taking revenge on all the Egyptians especially from, Imhotep, who had publicly rejected her and that, the Goddess Athena, was not going to allow it.