Zep Tepi and the Turin Royal Canon: Unanswered Mysteries in the Lists of Succession
The Egyptian Book of Dead is one of the most important ancient documents ever found. Egyptologists discovered religious traditions of ancient Egypt by translating the hieroglyphics inscribed on the wall of Unas’ pyramid - pharaoh of the fifth dynasty – and within some pyramid funerary chambers of the fourth dynasty, unearthed in Saqqara. Those are very complex and enigmatic utterances forming the remarkable religious book of dynastic epoch.
Part of the Book of the Dead of Pinedjem II. The text is hieratic, except for hieroglyphics in the vignette. The use of red pigment, and the joins between papyrus sheets, are also visible. (CC BY-SA 3.0)
The earliest texts are priceless artifacts, in attempting to understand the ancient Egyptians funerary rules; at the same time, they are very essential in relating events characterizing the Zep Tepi, or First Time of Osiris.
