First full illustrated translation with Egyptian transliteration, aiming to present with their individual histories all the compositions on prt m hrw "Book of the Dead" papyri from the New Kingdom to Ptolemaic Period.

The volume gives at least one version of every written composition, together with one or more images for the essential pictorial component of all writings for which illustrations are known. Writings at the margins or outside the prt m hrw corpus, including all ascribed "Book of the Dead" numbers in Egyptological publications, are included in the final section. The translations are supported by a thematic and historical introduction and closing glossary.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Table of contents
• An Introduction to the prt m hrw - the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
• Opening Vignette
• Chapters 1-15 From Funeral to Sun Hymns
• Chapter 17 “I am All” – exposition of knowledge around embalming rites
• Chapters 18-20 Justification
• Chapters 21-30 Mouth, Word-power, Heart
• Chapters 31-42 Repelling Aggressors and Destructive Forces
• Chapters 43-53 Preventing physical loss and reversals of order
• Chapters 54-63 Securing Power over (free access to) Air and Water
• Chapters 64-75
• Chapters 76-88 Transformations
• Chapters 89-106
• Chapters 107-116 Knowing the Powers of Places
• Chapters 117-124
• Chapter 125 Judgement before Osiris
• Chapters 126-129
• Chapters 130-136 the solar journey - from ‘Book of Two Ways’ to the prt m hrw papyri
• Chapters 137-140
• Chapters 144-150 addresses and offerings to approaches, gates and mounds
• Chapters 151-161
• Chapters 162-165 “formulae added from another roll in addition to the prt m hrw”
• B Chapters 166-186 (Naville numbers) and Chapters 187-190 (from papyrus of Nu)
• After ‘chapter 190’ other compositions on prt m hrw papyri or ascribed to the corpus in modern editions
• Appendix compositions assigned ‘chapter’ numbers but not attested on manuscripts
• Glossary
• References
• Sources for documents cited and images