Book of the Dead

Etymology
A, used by Karl Richard Lepsius in his 1842 publication describing the text.

Proper noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) Any comparable text from another culture intended to serve as a guide to the experiences one has after death, such as the ' or '.

Translations

 * Arabic: كِتَاب الْمَوْتَى
 * Czech: Kniha mrtvých
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish: Kuolleiden kirja
 * German: Totenbuch
 * Italian: Libro dei morti
 * Portuguese: Livro dos mortos
 * Sanskrit:
 * Swedish: De dödas bok