Pyramid of Unas

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Egyptian pyramid archaeological site royal tomb

The Pyramid of Unas is a Fifth Dynasty Egyptian royal pyramid at Saqqara, renowned as the earliest monument inscribed with the Pyramid Texts, the oldest known corpus of ancient Egyptian religious spells.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pyramid of Unas canonical 5
Pyramid of Teti burial chamber 1
pyramid of Unas at Saqqara 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian pyramid ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
royal tomb ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Nut ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
baseLength approximately 57.7 meters ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf Unas ⓘ
builtFor Unas ⓘ
casingMaterial fine Tura limestone ⓘ
constructionEnd circa 2345 BCE ⓘ
constructionStart circa 2375 BCE ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
coordinateApprox 29.871°N 31.216°E ⓘ
coreMaterial local limestone ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
dedicatedTo Pharaoh Unas ⓘ
dynasty Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
excavatedBy Gaston Maspero ⓘ
Lepsius ⓘ
surface form: Karl Richard Lepsius (surveyed)
hasArchitecturalStyle Egyptian pyramid architecture ⓘ
hasBurialChamber granite-lined burial chamber ⓘ
hasFeature causeway ⓘ
pyramid courtyard ⓘ
pyramid temple ⓘ
pyramid texts ⓘ
serdab ⓘ
subterranean burial chamber ⓘ
valley temple ⓘ
hasInteriorDecoration green-painted hieroglyphs ⓘ
inscribed burial chamber walls ⓘ
hasLayout subterranean corridor leading to antechamber and burial chamber ⓘ
hasNearbyMonument causeway decorated with reliefs ⓘ
mastaba tombs of officials ⓘ
hasSarcophagusMaterial greywacke ⓘ
height approximately 43 meters as built ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur" ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
inscriptionScript hieroglyphs ⓘ
inscriptionType Pyramid Texts ⓘ
locatedIn Memphis necropolis ⓘ
Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Saqqara
locatedInCountry Egypt ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
notableFor earliest extensive corpus of ancient Egyptian religious spells ⓘ
earliest known Pyramid Texts ⓘ
owner Unas ⓘ
partOf Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Saqqara pyramid field
period Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
slopeAngle about 56 degrees ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saqqara necropolis → hasMajorMonument → Pyramid of Unas ⓘ
Fifth Dynasty of Egypt → notableConstruction → Pyramid of Unas ⓘ
Pyramid Texts → locationOfEarliestExamples → Pyramid of Unas ⓘ
this entity surface form: pyramid of Unas at Saqqara
Pyramid Texts → foundIn → Pyramid of Unas ⓘ
this entity surface form: pyramids of Unas
Pyramid of Teti → near → Pyramid of Unas ⓘ
Pyramid of Djedkare Isesi → locatedNear → Pyramid of Unas ⓘ
Unas → burialMonumentName → Pyramid of Unas ⓘ
Teti → pyramidTextsLocation → Pyramid of Unas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pyramid of Teti burial chamber