The funerary religion of the ancient Egyptians represents the greatest triumph of human imagination and fiction over the harsh facts of existence. No other culture has surpassed or even come close to the boldness and vibrancy of the ancient Egyptian representations of dying and death. What is particularly remarkable about the Egyptian funerary religion is that these representations do not in any way suppress or deny the experience of death; rather, they express it comprehensively and unflinchingly, opening up alternative paths and spaces from this fundamental situation. Beyond the realm of the dead, into which, according to Egyptian belief, all living beings enter after death, Egyptian religion offers a path to immortality and salvation, which later religions of salvation have followed. A comprehensive selection of the great bodies of the Pyramid Texts is provided.