Book of the Dead
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A calque of German Todtenbuch (der Ägypter), used by Karl Richard Lepsius in his 1842 publication describing the text.
Proper noun[edit]
- An ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead into the afterlife, developed from the earlier Coffin Texts.
- Any comparable text from another culture intended to serve as a guide to the experiences one has after death, such as the Tibetan Book of the Dead or Ethiopian Book of the Dead.
Translations[edit]
ancient Egyptian funerary text
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any comparable text serving as a guide to experiences after death