The book is essentially a guidebook which shows the way to the realm of Osiris, the god of death. Rita Lucarelli said via the New York Times: “The ancient Egyptians were obsessed with life in all its forms.

“Death for them was a new life.” The discovered book could be up to 4,000 years old, possibly the oldest version ever found. The book is a copy of the “Book of Two Ways.” There are just two dozen versions of the book, according to archaeologists.

The discovered book could be up to 4,000 years old, possibly the oldest version ever found.

There are just two dozen versions of the book, according to archaeologists.

Ancient texts were never a standalone volumes. Instead excerpts were scribed into the inside of sarcophagus. The inscriptions of this book clearly expressed the narrative of the Book of Two Ways, while other artefacts inside the grave it was found date to be as being that of Pharaoh Mentuhotep II, who was at the throne until 2010 BC. The images include are many illustrated gates, as well as two looping lines, which indicate the two roads to the afterlife. READ MORE: Scientists find 2,000-year-old market to rewrite Jerusalem's history

The inscriptions of this book clearly expressed the narrative of the Book of Two Ways

It was somehow missed by previous archaeologists who had entered the tomb.

Most of the contents of the tomb had been destroyed, looted or eaten by fungi.

But somehow a pair of cedar panels were found to be drawn on, with hieroglyphs or images. The images inside were created in paint but the text itself was written in black and red ink. Experts were able to tell this despite most of the paint disappearing by using high resolution software, focusing on the scratches that remained in the book. Harco Willems, an Egyptologist at the University of Leuven in Belgium, said about this book to the New York Times:

“The text is about the sun god passing this protective fiery ring to reach Osiris.” Each path is swarmed around by spirits and other phenomena. Dr. Willems found the body of the grave of which the book was a woman named Ankh. She seemed to have been related an elite official.

Dr. Willems found the body of the grave of which the book was a woman named Ankh.

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