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Every Egyptian Ever

Ages 5–12

Pharaoh

Cartoon of a king in a striped nemes and broad collar

Unas

The first king whose pyramid has writing on the inside walls.

Years
About 2350 BCE
We are not sure of the exact year.
Time
Old Kingdom. Old Kingdom.
Where they ruled or lived
Saqqara

Three facts

  1. 1His pyramid is smaller than the Giza ones.
  2. 2The spells inside are called the Pyramid Texts.
  3. 3They were meant to help the king after death.

More to know

Later, similar spells were written on coffins and on papyrus. Unas's walls are the oldest long religious texts we have from Egypt.

Places: Saqqara.

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