About the Exhibition
Words of Power on Papyrus
No book was ever more practical: 192 spells to get you through death. The Book of the Dead gathers our finest papyri — including a twelve-metre scroll — in a low-light room that protects the ink.
Weighings of the heart, fields of reeds, demons with knives and kind-faced guides: each vignette is translated on the wall beside it, spell by spell.
The Weighing of the Heart
Spell 125, enlarged to wall size: watch the heart weighed against a feather while Thoth records the result.
Scribes & Pigments
Rush pens, cakes of carbon black and red ochre, and a scribe’s palette you can handle — the toolkit behind the scrolls.
Your Name in Hieroglyphs
Weekend workshops in the Learning Lab teach you to write your own name the way Ani’s scribe wrote his.
Also on View
Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh: Life, Death and the Afterlife.
Voices of the Stone: Royal Coffins and Sacred Craft.
Discover the permanent collection.
See it before October 31
Timed entry on weekends — book a group visit or join a Saturday curator tour.