Beginning with the end of the fifth Dynasty, long religious texts known as "Peston al-Ahram" appeared; the first was seen in the palace of King Onas in Saqqara.

Such text is composed of hundreds of talismans that speak of the death, burial, protection and resurrection of the king in the afterlife.

Since that time onwards, the offerings of offerings, which were texts for the recitation of offerings, have been used. They were used extensively and widely on imaginary doors, paintings, and coffins of individuals or royal figures, such as the coffin of Queen Kaouet and Queen Ashayet.

With the beginning of the Middle Kingdom, or perhaps before, the funerary objects were adorned with a new personal spell known as the "coffin mantle", as it was often inscribed on the coffins, such as the coffin of Minister Daji.

The coffins also contained a new type of funerary text under the title of "Guide to the Other World", which provided the deceased with descriptions of the various places in the other world; with words that would help the dead spirit to pass through them safely. One of the most intricate "guides" is the guide that decorates the coffin of Gen. Spey, called the Book of the Two Routes.

Beginning from the second transition period onwards, the funerary texts are divided into a number of separate discrete compositions.

During the era of the modern state, from the 18th Dynasty to the twenty-first century, the text of the book of the Other World, full of illustrations, appeared on the walls of tombs and papyri: full copies of the Book of the Dead and other religious texts.

At the same time, the walls of the temples were covered with ritual scenes and figurative forms. Also, a funnier known as "open mouth" was developed in the modern state.

The weather consists of 75 scenes and the priest was able to help restore the various parts of the body of the deceased through his statue.

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