Book of the Dead

Summary

Book of the Dead is a religious text^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of religious_text entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,470 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Book of the Dead authored Thoth^[3].
• Book of the Dead's image is recorded as Totenbuch.jpg^[4].
• Book of the Dead's instance of is recorded as religious text^[5].
• Book of the Dead's instance of is recorded as ancient Egyptian funerary texts^[6].
• Book of the Dead's instance of is recorded as text witness^[7].
• Book of the Dead's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 177494324^[8].
• Book of the Dead's Commons category is recorded as Book of the Dead^[9].
• Book of the Dead's language of work or name is recorded as Egyptian^[10].
• Book of the Dead's country of origin is recorded as Ancient Egypt^[11].
• Book of the Dead's point in time is recorded as -1275-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Book of the Dead's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/014xlw^[13].
• Book of the Dead's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Book of the Dead^[14].
• Book of the Dead's main subject is recorded as Duat^[15].
• Book of the Dead's main subject is recorded as funeral rite^[16].
• Book of the Dead's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000022920^[17].
• Book of the Dead's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0191427^[18].
• Book of the Dead's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• Book of the Dead's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Book of the Dead's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[21].
• Book of the Dead's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Book-of-the-Dead-ancient-Egyptian-text^[22].
• Book of the Dead's title is recorded as {'lang': 'egy', 'text': '34567890098765433456'}^[23].
• Book of the Dead's BBC Things ID is recorded as 502b1505-1c52-47d0-b415-7758d09f57bd^[24].
• Book of the Dead's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtB16STgDmoL^[25].
• Book of the Dead's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Den_egyptiske_dødeboken^[26].
• Book of the Dead's Orthodox Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 1841550^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Book of the Dead authored Thoth^[3].

Why It Matters

Book of the Dead ranks in the top 6% of religious_text entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,470 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]