The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (A Complete Reading)

Unas in the sky with deities. Around 2320 BCE, King Unas did something interesting. His pyramid, at Saqqraa, is the first (surviving) monument to feature the Pyramid Texts. These elaborate hieroglyph texts reveal the religious rituals, references, and philosophy of the Old Kingdom Egyptians. In this episode, we begin a journey deep into the night and up to the sky, as King Unas travels to his immortality…

Note: Episodes originally released in 2024, backdated for ease-of-listening.

Episode chapters:

• Key themes: 01:47.
• Part 1: 11:22.
• Part 2: 41:09.
• Part 3: 01:33:59.
• Part 4: 02:32:04.
• Part 5: 03:14:12.

Date: c.2320 BCE.

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Pyramid Texts in translation: https://pyramidtextsonline.com/translation.html.

Allen, J. P. (2015). The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (2nd ed.).

Carrier, C. (2010). Textes des Pyramides de l’Égypte ancienne Tome I: Textes des Pyramides d’Ounas et de Téti.

Faulkner, R. O. (1969). The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts Translated into English.

Hellum, J. (2015). In Your Name of Sarcophagus—The “Name Formula” in the Pyramid Texts. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 51, 235--242. Available on Academia.edu.

The "Imperishable " or Circumpolar Stars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Indestructibles.

The Egyptian gods family tree: https://veritablehokum.com/comic/the-egyptian-god-family-tree/.

Intro music by Jeffrey Goodman, “Lament of Isis and Nephthys,” Ancient Egyptian Music II.

Interludes by Keith Zizza.

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