You might think that once you’re dead, you no longer have to worry about maps and directions (that’s one silver lining, at least).
Well, no such luck for the Ancient Egyptians, who were buried with detailed guides on how to navigate the underworld.
These so-called “Books of the Dead” were filled with spells and instructions, and considered a form of supernatural “travel insurance”, Sara Cole, an antiquities expert at the J. Paul Getty Museum in LA, told the New York Times.
Now, it’...
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