A piece of the Papyrus of Pasherashakhet, dated roughly to 375 B.C. to 275 B.C., is part of several ancient ... a book in the modern sense of the term but a compendium of some 200 ritual spells ...

Researchers have deciphered an ancient Egyptian handbook, revealing a series of invocations and spells. Among other things, the "Handbook of Ritual Power," as researchers call the book ...

A Coptic depiction of Christ and of Abbot Mena dating to around the same time as the recently translated book ... write Marvin Meyer and Richard Smith in their 1999 book Ancient Christian Magic ...

Wands and wizards aside, Australian scientists say they have translated a mysterious ancient book written in an Egyptian Coptic language only to find that it is a book of spells. Researchers at ...