The Pyramid Texts

Description

The Pyramid Texts were funerary inscriptions that were written on the walls of the early Ancient Egyptian pyramids at Sakkara. These date back to the fifth and sixth dynasties, approximately the years 2350-2175 B.C.E. However, because of extensive internal evidence, it is believed that they were composed much earlier, circa 3000 B.C.E. The Pyramid Texts are, therefore, essentially the oldest sacred texts known. Samuel Mercer was the first to produce a complete English translation. This is Volume 1 of a 4 Volume set. This particular volume, apart from the Preface and Introduction, contains the actual verses of the Pyramid texts. Volumes 2-4 contained all the commentary by Mercer and others, and are very hard to come by, so I don't think they will be going up on the site anytime soon.

This book has 97,817 words, 293 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1952 (copyright wasn't renewed).

Production notes: This ebook of The Pyramid Texts was published by Global Grey in 2020, and updated on the 4th August 2023. The artwork used for the cover is 'Pyramid' by Albert Zimmermann.