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Book of the Dead

ancient Egyptian funerary text
VisualArtwork religious_text Q174361
Book of the Dead
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Summary

Book of the Dead is a religious text[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of religious text entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,599 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Thoth[3]
  • Instance of: ancient Egyptian funerary texts[4], text witness[5]
  • Commons category: Book of the Dead[6]
  • Language of work or name: Egyptian[7]
  • Country of origin: Ancient Egypt[8]
  • Point in time: 1275 BC[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Book of the Dead[10]
  • Main subject: Duat[11], funeral rite[12]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15]
  • Title: 34567890098765433456[16]

Why It Matters

Book of the Dead has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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