The Book of the Dead in 3D

A long-sealed box. A rare spell written backwards.

In 2017, staff at the Getty Villa Museum carefully unpacked storage boxes holding Egyptian Book of the Dead manuscripts.

The unrolled papyrus scrolls and strips of linen mummy wrappings had remained in storage since arriving at the museum as a donation in 1983. They had not been seen in nearly 30 years—and hadn't been read in thousands.

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Papyrus of Pasherashakhet (detail), about 375–275 BCE, Egyptian. Ink on papyrus. Getty Museum. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H.P. Kraus

New 3d model is up! Stay tuned for the annotations and info on this artifact, another example of the ancient Egyptian care in protecting the mummified body for eternity

PAHMA 5-1405 (Lid for Inner Coffin) - 3D model by Book of the Dead in 3D - Sketchfab This coffin was purchased by William Randolph Hearst in the first decade of the 20th Century. It now resides in the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California Berkeley. This view includes the lid for the inner coffin. The outer coffin basin and the inner coffin are shown in...

Thank you to the Digital Scholarship Program of Harvard University for hosting some of our Egyptian coffins from the Hearst Museum of Anthropology and to let me lead (from home!) a virtual walk in the historical Lamont library, presenting my The Book of the Dead in 3D to a diverse audience of students and colleagues from Harvard and Berkeley! Virtual spaces, avatars, and digital twins are no longer concepts of the future; they are an alternative present that enhances accessibility, shareability, and equity in cultural heritage.
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Come explore the Pyramid of Unas with us in Saqqara! Built during the 5th Dynasty, this pyramid has collapsed outer sections, but thankfully the incredible antechamber displaying the Pyramid Texts is still intact. King Unas’ sarcophagus was found, though it had been robbed at some point prior to the excavation. The content of the texts, their placement on the wall, and the design of this pyramid and tomb are all deliberate in the goal of granting the king a blessed afterlife.

New photo session at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology for our project! The last piece - the lid of the inner coffin - of an ensemble (inner and outer coffin) that we are producing and annotating in 3D. Check it out on sketchfab:

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Come explore the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology with us! The museum is now open Fridays from 12-4 pm for the public to visit! There are many amazing Egyptian artifacts to see, and you can even check out our website and 3D models IN the museum! Be sure to support the museum as they begin their soft opening to the public!

STaTbS21D - Synoptic Edition of Book of the Dead Spell Sources from the 21st Dynasty Synoptic Edition of Book of the Dead Spell Sources from the 21st Dynasty (STaTbS21D) is a Digital Humanities project on Egyptology, provides edited and digitalized Book of the Dead spell sources from the end of the New Kingdom and the beginning of the Third Intermediate Period (particularly the 21st...