The Egyptian Book of the Dead

GPTKB entity

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	5