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Pyramid text in the Pyramid of Unas I

Pyramid Texts is the name for several religious texts, found on the wall of several pyramids of the 5th and 6th and 8th dynasties. They are the biggest corpus of Ancient Egyptian texts.

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  • Hieroglyph Text from Teti I pyramid

    Pyramid Text inscribed on the wall of a subterranean room in Teti's pyramid, at Saqqara.

  • Pyramid of Merenre, Saqqara, 1990ies

    Pyramid of Merenre I, one of the earliest pyramids in which Maspero discovered the Pyramid Texts.

  • Ounas-chambre2

    The burial chamber of Unas' pyramid, with lines of protective spells on the west gable. These were the only inscriptions on the walls surrounding the sarcophagus.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Textos de las Pirámides para niños

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