Book Of The Dead Anthropology

The Book of the Dead
Introduction
There were a number of spells in the Book of the Dead to protect spirits from insect attacks. The Book of the Dead had many uses. This ‘book’ could come in many styles, but they did not all look the same. It was thought that it was first wrote by one man to be safe throughout the journey to the other life. Finally, the Book of the Dead was a ‘book’ that guided one’s spirit safely to the afterlife, believed to be written first by the scribe, “Thoth”, with colored illustrations and text on papyrus, possibly created so that one’s spirit might attain a complete afterlife.

Uses for the Book of the Dead A deceased spirit of the Dead would use this ancient egyptian Book of the Dead to escort themselves safely
to the afterlife. According to the article called, What is a Book of the Dead?, “The Book of the Dead isn’t a finite text - it’s a practical guide to the next world, with spells that would help you on your journey” (John Taylor). This quote supports my claim because it explains how this ‘book’ is a guide to help you on your trip to the afterlife, just like it said in the first sentence. In addition, “It was just one of a series of manuals composed to assist the spirits of the elite dead to achieve and maintain a full afterlife” (Joshua J. Mark). This is evidential because it backs up that it was used to “assist” the dead to the afterlife in one piece. In conclusion, this Egyptian ‘book’ led the spirits of the dead to their ‘other life’.
The Egyptians Basic Book of the Dead The Egyptians basic Book of the Dead was written on papyrus, with ancient illustrations that were prepossessing.
To put it in another way, papyrus is an ancient version of our modern day paper. As stated in the article named, What is a Book of the Dead?, “They usually have beautiful colored illustrations well.” This quote supports my claim because it adds that the Book of the Dead also had “beautiful colored illustrations”. As reported by Ducksters, “They are composed of papyrus joined together, the individual papyri varying in width from 15 cm to 45 cm.” This quote supports my claim because it tells you that the original Egyptian Book of the Dead was written on papyrus, henceforth the claim stated in the beginning. To conclude, the normal Book of the Dead had illustrations that were colored and and also included text that was ‘printed’ onto a sheet of
papyri.

Why it was Created
This ancient Egyptian ‘book’ was created so that the dead would complete a full afterlife and was thought to be created by the scribe, “Thoth”. According to the text, “It was believed by the ancient Egyptians that the ‘Book of the Dead was written by ‘Thoth’” (John DeSalvo, Ph.d). This quote supports my claim because it confirms that it was written by this man named “Thoth”, and further explains that it is what the Egyptians believed. John Taylor claims, “It was a world of great fear that they believed they were going into, and the Book of the Dead provided guidance and protection on this journey.” This illustrates my claim because it states why the Book of the Dead was first written, and gives why, to support the main claim. Overall, the Book of the Dead’s ‘users’ were under the impression that it was first to be made by an Egyptian scribe called “Thoth”, and created for the purpose of ‘living’ a wholesome afterlife.
Conclusion
The Book of the Dead wasn’t one single book- they were all different depending on the person- but were written on a sheet of papyrus and included colored-in illustrations and guided the the deceased spirits to the afterlife harmlessly, and made it so that the spirit could journey there, arrive, and then attend a full afterlife.
This ‘book’ led the spirit “alive” to the awaiting afterlife. It was usually written on a sheet of papyri, and most today and back then believe the first was made by an ancient, long-gone, egyptian scribe named “Thoth”. To end, insect attacks could easily be protected while in the afterlife by a number of spells that were in the Book of the
Dead.