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The Pyramid Texts in Unas's pyramid are the earliest appearance in any kings's pyramid. The antechamber and corridor were inscribed primarily with personal texts. [ 67 ] The west, north and south walls of the antechamber contain texts whose primary concern is the transition from the human realm to the next, and with the king's ascent to the sky ...
The original Egyptian name of the pyramid was "Nefer Isut Unas", meaning "Beautiful are the places of Unas". [103] The pyramid of Unas is the smallest [102] of the pyramids completed during the Old Kingdom, having a square base of 57.7 m × 57.7 m (189 ft × 189 ft) for a height of 43 m (141 ft). [102] [103]
The Pyramid Texts inscribed in Unas' pyramid. The texts first appeared in the pyramid of the last pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty, that belonging to Unas. [38] [1] A total of 283 spells [39] [a] appear on the subterranean walls of Unas' pyramid. [38] These spells are the smallest and best-preserved corpus of the texts in the Old Kingdom. [42]
Unas, the last ruler of the Fifth Dynasty, was the first king to adorn the chambers in his pyramid with Pyramid Texts. During the Old Kingdom, it was customary for courtiers to be buried in mastaba tombs close to the pyramid of their king. Thus, clusters of private tombs were formed in Saqqara around the pyramid complexes of Unas and Teti.
The Pyramid of Unas is a smooth-sided pyramid built in the 24th century BC for the Egyptian pharaoh Unas, the ninth and final king of the Fifth Dynasty. Although Unas reigned for around 30 to 33 years, his pyramid is the smallest from the Old Kingdom. It was built between the complexes of Sekhemket and Djoser in North Saqqara.
He is best known for discovering the Step Pyramid of Sekhemkhet. Before World War II, Goneim worked at Saqqara on the mortuary temple of Unas. [1] He spent the war in Luxor and then returned to Saqqara to work on the Step Pyramid of Sekhemkhet in close association with Lauer who was working on the Step Pyramid of Djoser.
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The Fifth Dynasty of Egypt is a group of nine kings ruling Egypt for approximately 150 years in the 25th and 24th centuries BC. [note 1] The relative succession of kings is not entirely secured as there are contradictions between historical sources and archaeological evidence regarding the reign of the shadowy Shepseskare.