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‫بقاٌا المعبد الجنائزي للملك أوناس‬

‫رسم تخطٌطً لمعبد أوناس الجنائزي فً سقارة‬
Pyramid and Mortuary Temple of Unas:

Unas (Wenis) reigned at the end of Dynasty V, for a period
of up to 30 years. His pyramid at Saqqara, although the smallest
of the Old Kingdom pyramids, reflects his long reign in the
intricately carved hieroglyphic decoration of the inner chambers
– the earliest known example of the Pyramid Texts. Before his
time (with the exception of Djoser's monuments) all of the
known pyramids had been undecorated.

The pyramid itself looks unremarkable, little more than a
large heap of rubble which is dwarfed by its older neighbour, the
Step Pyramid of Djoser. The structure was first investigated by

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