Rare Book of the Dead spell decoded, revealing ancient secrets.
The researchers studied a rare version of a spell from the Book of the Dead found in the Papyrus Havana. They reconstructed, translated, and interpreted the spell for the first time. They also compared it to similar spells from the Twenty-first Dynasty and Theban area. The spell has connections to other sources like the fishers and fowlers with the net (BD 153) and the Reinigungsszene.