The British Museum's Book of the Dead exhibition features stunning examples of ancient sacred art. Here King Herihor and Queen Nodjmet are seen adoring the god Osiris in the afterlife
Weighing of the heart from the Book of the Dead of Anhai. The 'Book' comprised a series of spells to aid the deceased's journey through the underworld to ensure eternal life
The Devourer, a composite of crocodile, lion and hippopotamus, was believed to eat the hearts of those who failed to satisfy the gods they had lived a good life
Gilded mask of an unidentified person of high rank. A spell from the Book of the Dead in inscribed on the headband
In the 'Opening of the Mouth' ritual, the mummy of Hunefer is held up by Anubis, while his wife and daughter lament and priests ritually reanimate his body
This mask of Satdjehuty dates from around 1500 BC
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