Pyramid Texts

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Etymology

Calque of German Pyramidentexte.

Proper noun

Pyramid Texts

  1. A corpus of ancient Egyptian funerary texts of the Old Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead king into the afterlife, carved on pyramid walls and sarcophagi.

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