Let's get this bread... The Pyramid Texts (Part Two)

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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This is your offering. We travel deeper into the stars. Unas’ Pyramid Texts, on the walls of his burial chamber, lay out protections against serpents and dangers. They also introduce offerings, to sustain the King’s soul and nourish the gods. 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. I make a welcome for you. Welcome back to the History of Egypt
0:43.4	podcast and a special mini-series exploring the complete pyramid
0:48.1	texts as found in the monument of King Unas at Sakara. This is part two in the series. If you have not
0:56.4	listened to part one, I highly recommend starting there. Now then, on with the show.
1:03.0	Part 2, we have explored the
1:09.0	part 2.
1:10.0	We have explored the southern and eastern walls of the burial chamber. Their texts deal with the awakening of Unas to new life, rejecting his death. They tallied up his body parts, ensuring that they would be protected
1:26.6	and preserved in this world and the next. Finally, Unas travelled north, north and up, as he journeyed to the sky to become one with the stars and the gods.
1:40.0	The great deities greeted Unas, welcoming him as one of their own.
1:45.4	Thanks to those texts, the King's voyage had begun.
1:49.6	Back on earth there were more practical concerns. The king's body required additional protection
1:56.1	before it was truly safe, and the king's soul required nourishment.
2:01.7	Unas was becoming a god among the stars, but even gods require food and drink.
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