Abstract
This article provides an overview of the primary texts and images relating to funerary beliefs and practices in ancient Egypt. Following death, the individual was subject to a series of rituals performed by priests. Evidence concerning death and funerary rituals is contained in texts and images on tomb walls, coffins and papyri. The main focus here, however, is on the textual record, including the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, and the Book of the Dead, including discussion of the importance of the Osiris myth in all of these, given that the latter appears to have had a significant impact on almost every aspect of Egyptian rituals surrounding death and burial.
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