British Museum - BP will present one of the most comprehensive collections of Book of the Dead

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(...) "Journey through the afterlife: ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead" will showcase the rich textual and visual material from the British Museum’s unparalleled collection ofBook of the Dead papyri and will explore ancient Egyptian beliefs about life after death.
The exhibition will include the longest Book of the Dead in the world, the Greenfield Papyrus, which measures 37 metres in length and has never been shown publicly in its entirety before.  Also on display will be the famous paintings from the papyri of Ani and Hunefer, together with selected masterpieces on loan from major international collections. (...)

The article:
http://www.italoeuropeo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3315:he-british-museums-major-autumn-exhibition&catid=76:-great-britain-news-london-londra-&Itemid=300067

The British Museum website:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/future_exhibitions/book_of_the_dead.aspx