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Pyramid Texts

Pyramid Texts proper noun: 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.

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.

Origin of Pyramid Texts

Calque of German Pyramidentexte.

Questions about Pyramid Texts

What does Pyramid Texts mean?
Pyramid Texts means 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.
What part of speech is Pyramid Texts?
Pyramid Texts is a proper noun.

Words near Pyramid Texts in the dictionary

  1. pyramid seller
  2. pyramid sellers
  3. pyramid selling
  4. pyramid sight
  5. pyramid sights
  6. Pyramid Texts
  7. pyramid trading
  8. pyramid up
  9. pyramidal
  10. pyramidal cell
  11. pyramidal cells

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