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The Greenfield Papyrus is a papyrus that contains an ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead and is named after Mrs. Edith Mary Greenfield, who presented it to the Trustees of the British Museum in May 1910.[1][2] Now in the collections of the British Museum, London, it is one of the longest papyri in existence with a length of 37 metres.[3]

  1. ^ BritishMuseumcollection-database search © Trustees of the British Museum. Retrieved approx. 19:48GMT 2011-9-29
  2. ^ Wallis Budge, Ernest Alfred (1912). The Greenfield Papyrus in the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum – via HathiTrust.
  3. ^ Thorpe, Vanessa (23 October 2010). "Book of the Dead: Scroll down and learn how to die like an Ancient Egyptian". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

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