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- German · calque ofTodtenbuch
- English todayBook of the Dead
A calque of German Todtenbuch (der Ägypter), used by Karl Richard Lepsius in his 1842 publication describing the text.
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Book of the Dead
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
German Todtenbuch