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They evolved over time, beginning with the Pyramid Texts in the Old Kingdom , which were the concern only of royal burials, through the Coffin Texts of the Middle Kingdom , the several books in the New Kingdom and later times.

With passing time access to these documents was extended to the noble classes, then the common (at least those that could afford ritual burials) population.

These texts are as follows (in more or less historical order) –


OLD KINGDOM



MIDDLE KINGDOM



NEW KINGDOM



Late New Kingdom



LATE PERIOD



PTOLEMAIC



EXTERNAL REFERENCES

  • Hornung, E (trans. Lorton, D.) The Ancient Egyption Books of the Afterlife, 1999, Cornell University Press, New York