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Egyptian Book of the Dead
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Egyptian_Book_of_the_Dead
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
ancient Egyptian funerary text
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Book_of_Coming_Forth_by_Day
gptkbp:contains
prayers
incantations
spells
gptkbp:date
circa 1550 BCE – 50 BCE
gptkbp:firstModernPublication
1842
gptkbp:firstModernPublisher
gptkb:Karl_Richard_Lepsius
gptkbp:format
papyrus scrolls
gptkbp:foundIn
gptkb:cemetery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Egyptian Book of the Dead
gptkbp:illustrator
yes
gptkbp:influenced
later Egyptian funerary practices
gptkbp:influencedBy
earlier funerary texts
gptkbp:language
gptkb:Egyptian
gptkbp:mainDeity
gptkb:Anubis
gptkb:Osiris
gptkb:Thoth
gptkb:Ma'at
gptkbp:notableSpell
gptkb:Weighing_of_the_Heart
gptkbp:originatedIn
gptkb:New_Kingdom_of_Egypt
gptkbp:preservedIn
gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Louvre_Museum
gptkb:Egyptian_Museum,_Cairo
gptkbp:purpose
guide for the dead in the afterlife
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Coffin_Texts
gptkb:Pyramid_Texts
gptkbp:significance
major source for understanding ancient Egyptian religion
gptkbp:structure
individualized for each person
gptkbp:usedBy
gptkb:ancient_Egyptians
gptkbp:writtenBy
hieroglyphic script
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:newspaper
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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