H.P.R. Twiston Davies is a Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, UK.

This book brings an insight into the creative adaptation of major religious texts of Ancient Egypt. It makes the seemingly rigid traditions come alive.

• List of FiguresList of Tables Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Statistical Overview of Monumental Book of the Dead copies at New Kingdom Saqqara and Considerations of Materiality2. Book of the Dead 125 and the Judgement Scene at Saqqara3. Characterising the Necropolis I: Development of Book of the Dead Use between the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Dynasties Excursus: Unsuccessful Adaptation: Book of the Dead 2, 8, and 74 in the tomb of Tjunerory 4: Characterising the Necropolis II: Adaptation of Totenliturgien Spells in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Dynasties Closing Remarks Notes BibliographyIndex

H.P.R. Twiston Davies is a Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, UK.

This book brings an insight into the creative adaptation of major religious texts of Ancient Egypt. It makes the seemingly rigid traditions come alive.

• List of FiguresList of Tables Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Statistical Overview of Monumental Book of the Dead copies at New Kingdom Saqqara and Considerations of Materiality2. Book of the Dead 125 and the Judgement Scene at Saqqara3. Characterising the Necropolis I: Development of Book of the Dead Use between the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Dynasties Excursus: Unsuccessful Adaptation: Book of the Dead 2, 8, and 74 in the tomb of Tjunerory 4: Characterising the Necropolis II: Adaptation of Totenliturgien Spells in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Dynasties Closing Remarks Notes BibliographyIndex

H.P.R. Twiston Davies is a Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, UK.

This book brings an insight into the creative adaptation of major religious texts of Ancient Egypt. It makes the seemingly rigid traditions come alive.

• List of FiguresList of Tables Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Statistical Overview of Monumental Book of the Dead copies at New Kingdom Saqqara and Considerations of Materiality2. Book of the Dead 125 and the Judgement Scene at Saqqara3. Characterising the Necropolis I: Development of Book of the Dead Use between the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Dynasties Excursus: Unsuccessful Adaptation: Book of the Dead 2, 8, and 74 in the tomb of Tjunerory 4: Characterising the Necropolis II: Adaptation of Totenliturgien Spells in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Dynasties Closing Remarks Notes BibliographyIndex