A good look into Egyptian thought
This book consists of inscriptions in the form of utterances to protect the pharaoh on his journey to the afterlife. The texts in the main speak on the Eye of Horus which is also spoken on in the later Spells. There are roughly 759 Utterances. To the first reader constantly changing, ex. something edible, a crown, perfume, fire, heart, unguent, so on, but with symbolic meaning intended. With Egyptian literature, most gods/stories have that same meaning. To try and understand why the Egyptians built such amazing monuments try and see how they viewed the world from a naturalistic standpoint.
The writings, date to approximately 2350B.C. The Encylopedia Britannica states: " The texts, inscribed on the walls of the inner chambers of the pyramids, are found at Saqqarah in several 5th- and 6th-dynasty pyramids, of which that of Unas, last king of the 5th dynasty, is the earliest known. "
