Talking Pyramids

This week’s photo is of the western gable of the antechamber of Unas.

Western gable of the antechamber of Unas. Photo: Jon Bodsworth

“Unas appears as Nefertum, the lotus at the nose of Re, as he comes out of the Horizon every day, and at the sight of which the gods purify themselves.” – Utterance 249.

Note the blue paint on some of the stars still remains.

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