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The Pyramid Texts

The oldest religious writings in the world — utterances inscribed on the pyramids of Saqqara to carry the king to the imperishable stars

7 chapters

Tradition: Old Kingdom Egyptian funerary literature
Translation: R.O. Faulkner / E.A. Wallis Budge (composite, abridged)
License: Public domain / scholarly composite. Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.
Codex: Pyramid Texts
Source: en.wikipedia.org

Inscribed in the pyramids of Unas, Teti, Pepi I, Merenre, and Pepi II at Saqqara, c. 2400–2300 BCE. Roughly 800 utterances survive across the corpus; this seed presents seven of the most central. Utterance numbers follow Sethe / Faulkner.

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