is it used nowadays for any other purposes?
Yes, Switzerland has adopted the country's Latin short name on coins and stamp.
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Switzerland has adopted the country's Latin short name on coins and stamp
when was the book of the dead published Around 1550 BCE. what is the specialty of this book? It is an ancient Egyptian funerary text. by whom was it compiled? Karl Richard Lepsius. what was the idea of death in egypt? One aspect of death was the disintegration of the various "kheperu", or modes of existence. by whom was the book discovered? UNANSWERABLE has it been translated? Yes, by Samuel Birch into English. who was he? He was a British Egyptologist and antiquary. where was the compiler from? Prussia. did he have any other profession? Yes, he was also a linguist. did he marry? Yes, Elisabeth Klein. what is the material of which the book is made? Papyrus. what is it? It is a material similar to thick paper and it was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, "Cyperus papyrus", a wetland sedge. how is it made? It is made from the stem of the papyrus plant, "Cyperus papyrus". how did its name originate? From Greek "papyros" via Latin a loanword of unknown origin. is this language used for religious purposes? Yes, Latin is the official language in the Holy See (Vatican City).
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Latin [SEP] Other modern uses
Switzerland has adopted the country's Latin short name on coins and stamps, since there is no room to use all of the nation's four official languages. For a similar reason, it adopted the international vehicle and internet code "CH", which stands for , the country's full Latin name. Some films of ancient settings, such as "Sebastiane" and "The Passion of the Christ", have been made with dialogue in Latin for the sake of realism. Occasionally, Latin dialogue is used because of its association with religion or philosophy, in such film/television series as "The Exorcist" and "Lost" ("Jughead"). Subtitles are usually shown for the benefit of those who do not understand Latin.