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Unas: The last king of the fifth dynasty. His fame is due
       to the texts of the pyramids that were engraved on the walls
       of the burial chambers of his pyramid. The causeway that
       connects the funerary temple and the valley is also
       distinguished by its inscriptions with many scenes, such as
       agriculture and hunting.
* Pyramid Texts: They were recorded for the first time on the
walls of burial chamber of the pyramid of Unas, the last king of
the Fifth Dynasty, and they continued inside the pyramids of the
kings of the Sixth Dynasty and their wives in Saqqara. However,
this does not mean that these texts appeared for the first time in
this period, but they are a result of the religious thought of
Egyptian people since ancient times, and it was gathered by the
priests. During the Middle Kingdom these texts began to be
written on the inner surfaces of coffins and is called the Coffin
Texts, while in the New Kingdom it was written on papyrus
scrolls and is known as the Book of the Dead.
It was discovered in 9 of the pyramids of Unas, Teti, Pepi I and
II, Meri-en-Ra I, the three wives of Pepi, and the pyramid of Abi

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