Unas
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Unas or Wenis, also spelled Unis, was a king, the ninth and last ruler of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. Unas reigned for around 30 years in the mid-24th century BC, succeeding Dje
Unas being suckled by the goddess Iat, Egyptian Museum
Alabaster globular vase of Unas, Louvre
Cartouche of king Unas
Saqqara mastabas. Unas cartouches.
Pyramid Texts
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The Pyramid Texts are the oldest ancient Egyptian funerary texts, dating to the late Old Kingdom. They are the earliest known corpus of ancient Egyptian religious texts. Written in Old Egyptian, the P
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…decorated with painted reliefs, whose quality and variety surpass the usual royal iconography. Furthermore, Unas was the first pharaoh to have the Pyramid Texts carved and painted on the walls of the chambers of his pyramid, a major innovation that was followed by his successors until the First Intermediate…
Pyramid Text inscribed on the wall of a subterranean room in Teti's pyramid, at Saqqara
Pyramid of Merenre I, one of the earliest pyramids in which Maspero discovered the Pyramid Texts.
Cartouches of Pepi I and Pyramid Texts. Limestone block fragment from the debris of the north wall of the antechamber within the pyramid of Pepi I at Saqqara. Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Painted relief fragment with the spells 354 and 255 of Pyramid Texts. From the pyramid of Pepi II at Saqqara. Neues Museum