The Book of Amun-Ra is a spellbook. It's rather counter-intuitive, actually. While the Book of the Dead supposedly brings people back from beyond the veil, the Book of the Living takes life away.

To be honest, while I don't believe that there's magic of any sort surrounding these rumours, I do know that it's been my dream since I was a little girl to find the City of the Dead, a place untouched for centuries upon centuries.