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The Book of the Dead was part of a tradition of funerary texts initiated by the oldest texts of the Pyramids and Texts of the sarcophagi, which were inscribed on walls of tombs or coffins, and not on papyri. Some of the spells of the Book of the Dead were extracted from these ancient texts and date from the third millennium BC. C., while other magical formulas were later composed in Egyptian history and date from the third intermediate period (11th-7th centuries BC). Some of the chapters that made up the book continued to be inscribed on walls of tombs and sarcophagi, just as the spells had been from the beginning. The Book of the Dead was introduced in the sarcophagus or in the sepulchral chamber of the deceased.

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The Judgment of Osiris represented in the Papyrus of Hunefer (c.1275 BC). Anubis, with the head of a jackal, weighs the heart of the scribe Hunefer against the pen of truth in the scale of Maat. Tot, with an ibis head, scores the result. If his heart is lighter than the feather, Hunefer is allowed to move on to the next life. If not, it is devoured by the expectant chimeric creature Ammyt, composed of parts of crocodile, lion and hippopotamus.

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THE BOOK OF THE DEAD WAS MAINLY TO HELP THE DEAD TO PASS TO THEIR OTHER LIFE.

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The Book of the Dead was commonly written with hieroglyphics or hieratic writing on papyrus scrolls, and often illustrated with vignettes representing the deceased and his journey to the afterlife.