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.
Gods and Creation
For ancient Egyptians, Creation was a Gods’ donation, as explained by the words of ancient texts, through which the Gods established a connection between the world of matter and the Cosmic energies.
In the beginning was the Water, the Nun, endless and timeless, from which the god Atum arose; then he lived on the primordial mound, surrounded by turbulent waters. Atum engendered Shu, a personification of air, and Tefnut, goddess of moisture, moist air, dew and rain. They engendered Nut, goddess of the sky, and Geb, god of the Earth. Shu, Tefnut, Nut and Geb are gods representing the four basic natural elements for ancient Egyptians.
Legend says that Nut and Geb were very much in love and strongly hugged in a sweet and eternal embrace. Nevertheless, it was believed the deep hug between gods prevents life, and for that reason Atum sent Shu away, trying to keep them apart.
Nut and Geb engendered four Gods, who ancient Egyptians believed to be the first divinities living on Earth, i.e. Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephthys.
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Gods were the mythological heroes of the Great Ennead of Heliopolis history, worshipped in Egypt, and were the basis of cosmological religion during the dynastic age. Heliopolis, where the ancient Cult originated, laid north of Giza, and it was the so-called Sun City for Egyptians.
The story told about the beginning of the TPJ ZP, i.e. the Zep Tepi or First Time of Osiris that has long intrigued passionate of ancient mysteries.
