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Pyramid Texts
The
Pyramid Texts
are a collection of
ancient Egyptian
religious texts
from the time of the
Old Kingdom
. Written in
Old Egyptian
, the pyramid texts were carved on the walls and
sarcophagi
of the
pyramids
at
Saqqara
during the
5th
and
6th Dynasties
of the
Old Kingdom
. The oldest of the texts have been dated to between ca. 2400–2300 BC. Unlike the later
Coffin Texts
and
Book of the Dead
, the pyramid texts were reserved only for the pharaoh and were not illustrated. Following the earlier
Palermo Stone
, the pyramid texts mark the next-oldest known mention of
Osiris
, who would become the most important deity associated with
afterlife
in the
Ancient Egyptian religion
.
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