Liye Book of the Dead of the Ancient Egypt ali ndi dzina lake lenileni, panthawi ya Egypt wakale, Book to Out to Light. "Tsiku" lomwe likufotokozedwali ndi la amoyo, komanso lamphamvu iliyonse yotsutsa mdima, kunyalanyaza, kuwonongedwa ndi imfa. Mwakutero, womwalirayo Aigupto akufuna kuyenda mu bwato la mulungu dzuwa Re ndikuwoloka ufumu wa Osiris (kutuluka kwamadzulo kwa Dzuwa pokonzanso). Awa ndi ma gumbwa, okutidwa ndi malingaliro amaliro, omwe adayikidwa pafupi kapena motsutsana ndi amayi, m'maguluwo.
Mabuku osiyanasiyana a Bukhu la Akufa si onse ofanana, chifukwa wopindulayo amasankha njira zomwe zikumugwirizana, mwina kutengera zomwe angakwanitse chifukwa zolembedwazo zikuyimira ndalama zambiri. Zina zimatha kukhala zazifupi, pomwe zina zimatulutsa thupi lonse, kapena pafupifupi. Mu 1842, katswiri wa ku Egypt, Karl Richard Lepsius, adatcha Todtenbuch (Bukhu la Akufa) gumbwa lomwe lidasungidwa ku Museum of Egypt ku Turin ndipo adamasulira koyamba. Dzinali lidatsalira, ngakhale m'mabuku amakono aku Egypt nthawi zambiri timapeza kutchulidwa kwa maudindo awiriwa, "Book of the Dead - Going to the light".
