English Explanatory Dictionary

Pyramid Texts

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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.

Word forms

Pyramid Texts

Etymology

Calque of German Pyramidentexte.

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