The
Book of the Dead
The ''Book of the Dead'' ( egy, 𓂋𓏤𓈒𓈒𓈒𓏌𓏤𓉐𓂋𓏏𓂻𓅓𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤, ''rw n(y)w prt m hrw(w)'') is an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom ...
is an ancient Egyptian funerary text.
Book of the Dead or The Book of the Dead also may refer to:
Literature
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Book of the Dead (Art Institute of Chicago), an Egyptian Book of the Dead papyrus scroll
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Bardo Thodol'', traditionally but inaccurately called the "Tibetan Book of the Dead"
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Ethiopian Book of the Dead''
* "
Nekyia", Book 11 of the ''Odyssey''
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''Book of the Dead'' (anthology), a 1989 zombie horror anthology series
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''Book of the Dead'' (memoir), E. Hoffman Price's collection of memoirs
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''Book of the Dead'' (Cornwell novel), a crime novel written in 2007 by Patricia Cornwell
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''The Book of the Dead'' (novel), the seventh book of the Agent Pendergast series and the third book of the Diogenes trilogy written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
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''The Book of the Dead'' (Lee), the third novel in ''The Secret Books of Paradys'' series by Tanith Lee
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Necronomicon
The ', also referred to as the ''Book of the Dead'', or under a purported original Arabic title of ', is a fictional grimoire (textbook of magic) appearing in stories by the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first menti ...
'', H.P. Lovecraft's fictional book
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''Book of the Dead'' (Angel novel), a 2004 novel based on the U.S. television series ''Angel''
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''The Book of the Dead'' (poem), by American poet Muriel Rukeyser, published as Part 1 of her second volume, ''US 1'' (1938)
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The QI Book of the Dead
''The QI Book of the Dead'' (sold as ''The Book of the Dead'' in the United States) is the fourth title in a series of books based on the intellectual British panel game '' QI'', written by series-creator John Lloyd and head-researcher John M ...
'', the fourth tie-in book with the British television series ''QI''
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Agrippa (A Book of the Dead), a poem by William Gibson
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Doktor Bey's Book of the Dead'', 1981 by
Derek Pell
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Left Ginza'' (part of the ''
Ginza Rabba'', the primary scripture of Mandaeism), also called the "Book of the Dead"
Other uses
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''The Book of the Dead'' (film), a 2005 Japanese film
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''Book of the Dead'' (album), an album by Bloodbound
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''The Book of the Dead'' (album), a 1998 album by Ars Nova
See also
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Totenpass, the "passport of the dead" in some ancient Greco-Roman religions
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