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Abstract Chapter 42 of the Book of the Dead is one of the important chapters in the Book of the Dead. The chapter 42BD evolved from the spell 539 of the Pyramids texts.1 Chapter 42 of the Book of the Dead consists of a number of vignettes that have changed from time to time and these vignettes correspond to the text of the spell. The appearance of chapter 42 of the Book of the Dead was rare in the Old Kingdom, then it began to flourish in the period of the New Kingdom until its importance decreased in the third intermediate period until it began to flourish again in the Late Period, and by the Ptolemaic period, new features have been added to the chapter vignettes, chapter 42 of the Book of the Dead reached the peak of its prosperity and then disappeared in the Roman period. |