Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

This week’s photo is of the western gable of the antechamber of Unas.

Western gable of the antechamber of Unas. Photo: Jon Bodsworth

“Unas appears as Nefertum, the lotus at the nose of Re, as he comes out of the Horizon every day, and at the sight of which the gods purify themselves.” - Utterance […]

This week’s photo shows the western end of the burial chamber of Unas.

Sarcophagus in the burial chamber of Unas. Photo: Jon Bodsworth

The texts above the sarcophagus are considered the most important of all the texts in the pyramid of Unas. These are the only texts near the sarcophagus and contain many protective […]

This week’s photo is of the Fragmentary Ointment Jar inscribed for Unas in the Brooklyn Museum.

This week’s photo is of the western wall of the Unas Antechamber, courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum. Click on the image to view the same wall as it appears today.

Looking into the burial chamber of Unas

This week’s ‘Photo of the Week’ is of the Unas Sarcophagus chamber. This photo shows the chamber’s ceiling near the eastern end of the north wall.
The texts that can be seen in the lower section of the photograph detail the purifications and presentation of offerings.

Professor Richard Steiner’s interpretation of Semitic passages in Egyptian texts, and the subsequent press release around the world prompted a response from Professor Dr. Thomas Schneider, Chair in Egyptology, Department of Classics, Ancient History, and Egyptology at the University of Wales Swansea, UK.
Schneider objected to Steiner’s proposition and suggested that Steiner was not familiar with […]

In the news a year ago today (OK it was really yesterday) was this story by National Geographic.
I have included an image cropped from my website: www.pyramidtextsonline.com that contains the text in question: Utterrances 238-242 from the Unas pyramid.
It is suggested that the hieroglyphics read: “Mother snake, mother snake says mucus-mucus.” when read as a […]