Divine young cannibals... The Pyramid Texts (Part Three)

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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We leave the Duat and enter the horizon. On the walls of the antechamber, Unas’ Pyramid Texts describe the king’s entry to the sky. The ruler establishes and affirms his power. And, in a famous passage, Unas engages in some ritual cannibalism… Includes passages in English translation and ancient Egyptian. Date: c.2320 BCE. Pyramid Texts in translation: https://pyramidtextsonline.com/translation.html. Additional images and references at www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Intro music by Jeffrey Goodman, “Lament of Isis and Nephthys,” Ancient Egyptian Music II. Interludes by Keith Zizza, Children of the Nile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	Eso. Hello and welcome back to the History of Egypt podcast. This is the Complete Pyramid Texts as found in the monument of King
0:46.9	Unas at Sakara. This is part three. If you have not listened to the first 2, I king's soul and the funerary priests were departing the duat.
1:11.0	Physically, the burial chamber is separated from the other rooms by a short low passage.
1:17.3	This tiny corridor is also decorated with texts, texts that follow and respond to the burial chamber.
1:25.0	In the burial chamber we saw Unus awaken from death,
1:29.0	take stock of his body,
1:31.0	and then take catalogue of the offerings as item upon item were given up for the
1:36.5	nourishment of Unas and the gods. Now in the small passageway we find texts that continue those themes.
1:45.2	They have their own content, but they definitely build on what came before.
1:50.1	Kind of a sequel to the burial chamber passages.
1:53.2	As you duck down and leave the burial chamber, you are heading east.
1:57.6	Entering the passage, you will find hieroglyphs on your left to the north
2:01.9	and your right to the south. We'll start with the north. We'll start with the north.
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