Published in Egypt sometime between the First and Second World Wars this book was titled 'Book of the Dead and Elysian Fields'. Some references date the publication from as early as 1925 but the book itself is not dated.

The plates are based on black and white photographs of scenes from many of the tombs in the Thebes area. These photographs were hand coloured for reproduction and the colours are not always accurate. The spelling of the names in the captions follows the usage in the book.