Ancient readers of the Book of the Dead (9)

I believe the answer is:

egyptians

(Other definitions for egyptians that I've seen before include "Yes, taping the North Africans badly" , "race" , "people" , "population at Memphis for example" , "I spy agent among these nationals" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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