Question

What was the purpose of the Book of the Dead?

1: to help people in their passage to the afterlife
2: to help people grieve after a death in the family
3: to teach the process of mummification
4: to record the names of dead pharaohs

Answer 1

Your answer is A to help people in their passage to the afterlife

What was the purpose of the Book of the Dead?

Book of the Dead, ancient Egyptian collection of mortuary texts made up of spells or magic formulas, placed in tombs and believed to protect and aid the deceased in the hereafter.

Answer 2

1: to help people in their passage to the afterlife