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16: A Cannibal Hymn

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Længde: 34M
Sprog: Engelsk
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Kategori: Historie

The Pyramid Texts appear. Around 2410 BCE, a new trend began in royal pyramid building. King Unas initiated something unusual when he introduced hieroglyph texts to the burial chamber of his pyramid. These "Pyramid Texts" are a vast and fascinating body of work. In this episode, we dip our toes into this material, and even see evidence for divine cannibalism...

The Cannibal Hymn: Spoken reconstruction by Orlando Mezzabotta on YouTube.

The Pyramid Texts of Unas in English translation and hieroglyph transcription via Pyramid Texts Online.

Date c.2410 - 2380 BCE

Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.

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Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com.

Select Bibliography:

Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms, 1973 (2006 paperback edition).

Nigel Strudwick, Texts from the Pyramid Age, 2005 (Google Books).

Vincent Brown – Pyramid Texts Online.

Gaston Maspero, The History of Egypt (Gutenberg.org).