Egypt and Hermes · Pyramid Texts (Unas, Teti)
The king climbs to the Imperishable Stars
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The dead king climbs a ladder to the sky, or rides reed floats, or flies as a falcon, to join the 'Imperishable Stars', the circumpolar stars that never set.
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Read it literally
The pyramids as launch sites pointed at the north pole of the sky.
What scholars say
The oldest religious texts in the world, carved inside pyramids.
