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  2. List of modern literature translated into dead languages

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    Translation title Original title Original author Translator Publisher Date Egyptian: Le Petit Prince [1] Le petit prince: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: Claude Carrier: Edition Tintenfaß: 2017 Egyptian: The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Hieroglyph Edition [2] The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Beatrix Potter: J.F. Nunn and R.B. Parkinson: The British Museum Press ...

  3. Book of the Dead - Wikipedia

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    Book of the Dead of Sobekmose, the Goldworker of Amun, 31.1777e, Brooklyn Museum. The dimensions of a Book of the Dead could vary widely; the longest is 40 m long while some are as short as 1 m. They are composed of sheets of papyrus joined together, the individual papyri varying in width from 15 cm to 45 cm.

  4. Book of the Dead (Art Institute of Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    The Book of the Dead scroll was a culturally common item that is used as a guide into the afterlife. The Book of the Dead was a privately owned item, the spells only gained significance through the use of imagery throughout the text. [2] These scrolls are often also referred to as The Spell(s) for Coming Forth By Day. In order for a person's ...

  5. Rekhta (website) - Wikipedia

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    The Rekhta Library Project, its books preservation initiative, has successfully digitized approximately 200,000 books over a span of ten years. [5] These books primarily consist of Urdu , Hindi and Persian literature and encompass a wide range of genres, including biographies of poets, Urdu poetry , fiction, and nonfiction. [ 6 ]

  6. Book of the Dead (anthology) - Wikipedia

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    The Book of the Dead compilations are regarded as classic anthologies in the horror and splatterpunk genres, featuring a great number of famous names including Stephen King, Joe R. Lansdale, Robert R. McCammon and foreworded by George A. Romero and Tom Savini. They are likely the first anthologies of zombie-themed tales ever printed, and have ...

  7. The Dew Breaker - Wikipedia

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    The book can be read either as a novel or collection of short stories. It is divided into nine portions: The Book of the Dead, Seven, Water Child, The Book of Miracles, Night Talkers, The Bridal Seamstress, Monkey Tails, The Funeral Singer, and The Dew Breaker.

  8. Post-mortem photography - Wikipedia

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    Post-mortem photography in the Nordic countries was most popular in the early 1900s, but later died out around 1940, transferring mainly to amateur photography for personal use. When examining Iceland 's culture surrounding death, it is concluded that the nation held death as an important and significant companion. [ 19 ]

  9. Book of the Dead (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The Book of the Dead, by American poet Muriel Rukeyser, published as Part 1 of her second volume, US 1 (1938) The QI Book of the Dead, the fourth tie-in book with the British television series QI; Agrippa (A Book of the Dead), a poem by William Gibson; Doktor Bey's Book of the Dead, 1981 book by Derek Pell; Left Ginza (part of the Ginza Rabba ...