The Pyramid Texts allude to a "throne of iron" on which the pharaoh Cheops (also known as Khufu) would need to sit before he could pass the "gates of the sky" and reach the northern stars, ...

Could an Egyptian coffin, dated 5,000 years ago, hold the answer to one of the night sky’s greatest mysteries? University of ...

The pyramid of Unas contains only 283 of the 700 known spells that eventually made up the Pyramid Texts, and form a collection of spells and formulae meant to protect the deceased in the afterlife. To ...

According to the Pyramid Texts, this equipment might consist of a Iron throne, actually a wooden throne endowed with meteoritic Iron sheets. Advanced Search Home ...

South of the Step Pyramid, the Pyramid Complex of Unas awaits. Inside, you'll find some of Egypt's oldest Pyramid Texts — hieroglyphic spells meant to guide the pharaoh into the afterlife.

For years, scholars thought that the Pyramid Texts were merely a series of funeral prayers and magic spells intended to protect Egyptian royalty in the afterlife. But renowned classicist and ...

An ancient Egyptian scribe’s snake fascination has carried on for 2,500 years. In a recently located tomb outside of Cairo, archeologists were confronted by the sheer volume of text and scenes ...

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