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The Egyptian Book of the Dead
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Egyptian_Book_of_the_Dead
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
ancient Egyptian funerary text
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Book_of_Coming_Forth_by_Day
gptkbp:category
gptkb:religion
mythology
funerary literature
gptkbp:contains
prayers
incantations
spells
gptkbp:date
circa 1550 BCE
gptkbp:discoveredIn
gptkb:cemetery
gptkbp:firstModernTranslation
gptkb:Karl_Richard_Lepsius
gptkbp:firstModernTranslationDate
1842
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
gptkbp:illustrator
vignettes
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:Egyptology
modern occultism
gptkbp:language
gptkb:Late_Egyptian
gptkb:Middle_Egyptian
gptkbp:mainDeity
gptkb:Anubis
gptkb:Osiris
gptkb:Thoth
gptkbp:manuscript
papyrus scroll
gptkbp:notableSpell
gptkb:Weighing_of_the_Heart
Spell 125
gptkbp:originatedIn
gptkb:Ancient_Egypt
gptkbp:period
gptkb:New_Kingdom
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Coffin_Texts
gptkb:Pyramid_Texts
gptkbp:preservedIn
gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Louvre_Museum
gptkb:Egyptian_Museum,_Cairo
gptkbp:purpose
guide for the dead in the afterlife
gptkbp:significance
major source for understanding ancient Egyptian religion
gptkbp:structure
individualized for each person
gptkbp:usedBy
deceased individuals
ancient Egyptian priests
gptkbp:writtenBy
hieroglyphs
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:The_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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