The literature that makes up the ancient Egyptian funerary texts is a collection of religious documents that were used in ancient Egypt, usually to help the spirit of the concerned person to be preserved in the afterlife.
The funerary texts of the Old Kingdom were initially reserved for the king only.
Towards the end of the period, the texts appeared in the tombs of royal wives.
These are a collection of ancient Egyptian funerary spells written on coffins beginning in the First Intermediate Period.
[1] After the Amarna Period, a new set of funerary texts began to be used.