Book of the Dead (disambiguation)

The Book of the Dead is an ancient Egyptian funerary text.

Book of the Dead or The Book of the Dead also may refer to:

Film

• Book of the Dead, the working title of the 1981 American film The Evil Dead
• The Book of the Dead (film), a 2005 Japanese film

Literature

• Book of the Dead (Art Institute of Chicago), an Ancient Egyptian papyrus depicting funerary spells
• Bandlet of Righteousness, also known as the Ethiopian Book of the Dead, an anonymous Ethiopic magico-religious funerary text
• Bardo Thodol, commonly known in the West as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a terma text from a larger corpus of teachings revealed by Karma Lingpa
• Left Ginza, one of the two parts of the Ginza Rabba, the longest and the most important holy scripture of Mandaeism
• Nekyia, the rite by which ghosts were called up and questioned about the future in ancient Greek cult practice and literature
• Book of the Dead (anthology), a 1989 anthology series edited by John Skipp and Craig Spector
• Book of the Dead (memoir), a 2001 memoir collection by E. Hoffman Price
• Book of the Dead (Cornwell novel), a 2007 novel written by Patricia Cornwell
• The Book of the Dead (novel), a 2007 novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
• The Book of the Dead (Lee), a 1991 short story collective by Tanith Lee
• Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire by H. P. Lovecraft
• Book of the Dead (Angel novel), a 2004 novel by Ashley McConnell
• The Book of the Dead (poem), a 1938 poem by Muriel Rukeyser
• The QI Book of the Dead, a 2009 book by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson
• Agrippa (A Book of the Dead), a 1992 book by William Gibson
• Doktor Bey's Book of the Dead, a 1981 book by Derek Pell

Music

• Book of the Dead (album), a 2007 album by Bloodbound
• The Book of the Dead (album), a 1998 album by Ars Nova

See also

• Totenpass, the "passport of the dead" in some ancient Greco-Roman religions