Bizarre Archaeological Finds That Still Baffle Scientists Today

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

This book supposedly denotes a series of spells that can be used in the afterlife to do various things. While these spells are most likely useless, King Amenhotep of Egypt seemed to believe so. For reasons unknown, this book was torn apart and scattered hundreds of miles away from the desert tomb in which it was supposed to lay.

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