The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Egyptian funerary texts
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Books of the Netherworld
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Ra
gptkb:Anubis
gptkb:Osiris
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Book_of_the_Dead
gptkb:Book_of_Caverns
gptkb:Book_of_Gates
gptkb:Book_of_the_Earth
gptkb:Book_of_the_Night
gptkb:Book_of_the_Day
gptkb:Litany_of_Re
gptkb:Amduat
Book of Two Ways
gptkbp:depicts judgment of the dead
underworld deities
journey of the soul
trials and obstacles in the afterlife
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Christian_literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife
gptkbp:influenced later funerary literature
gptkbp:influencedBy earlier Pyramid Texts
gptkbp:language gptkb:Egyptian
gptkbp:medium coffins
papyrus scrolls
tomb walls
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Ancient_Egypt
gptkbp:period gptkb:Middle_Kingdom
gptkb:New_Kingdom
gptkbp:purpose guide the deceased through the afterlife
gptkbp:significance insight into ancient Egyptian beliefs about death and the afterlife
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Egyptologists
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:cemetery
private tombs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dieter_Hornung
gptkb:Erik_Hornung
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8