The Folger is closing at 4:30pm on Sunday, February 23, for a staff training exercise. Normal hours will resume when the Folger opens on Tuesday, February 25, at 11:00am.
This book was designed to be placed in the grave of a woman named Ta-er-pet at Akhmim, a city in Upper Egypt on the east bank of the Nile, in the first century BC, to accompany her on her journey to the afterlife. The ancient Egyptians’ view of the afterlife was of a world very like their own. They produced elaborate prayers, hymns, and magical spells to assist the dead in their transition to a good afterlife.
