The Greenfield papyrus in the British Museum, London, England, contains an Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead

Book of the Dead

The Book of the Dead is the modern name of an ancient Egyptian funerary text, used from the beginning of the New Kingdom to around 50 BC. The original Egyptian name for the text, transliterated rw nw prt m hrw is translated as "Book of Coming Forth by Day". Another translation would be "Book of...

and is named after Mrs Edith Mary Greenfield. It has a length of 37 metres.

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