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The 26 pages that link to Pyramid Texts, each with the reason it gives.

• Egyptian hieroglyphsBroader topic: They are among the earliest extensive hieroglyphic religious compositions.

• Old Kingdom of EgyptBroader topic: They preserve royal funerary beliefs from the period’s final dynasties.

• Ma'atBroader topic: They are among the earliest surviving sources for Ma'at's place in royal and cosmic order.

• EgyptologyBroader topic: Their inscriptions illuminate royal burial, afterlife beliefs, and the early history of Egyptian religious literature.

• Ancient Egyptian funerary practicesBroader topic: These royal spells document early beliefs and rites for securing a king’s afterlife.

• Egyptian mythologyBroader topic: They preserve some of Egypt's earliest surviving religious compositions.

• Ancient Egyptian literatureBroader topic: These compositions preserve early Egyptian sacred language and ideas about kingship.

• Egyptian pyramidsBroader topic: They reveal the afterlife beliefs associated with pyramid burials.

• Egyptian languageBroader topic: They preserve some of the earliest extensive Egyptian writing.

• Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefsBroader topic: These royal spells preserve early accounts of the king’s postmortem transformation.

• GebBroader topic: These spells invoke Geb in accounts of burial, the king’s body, and the afterlife.

• History of ancient EgyptBroader topic: These inscriptions provide evidence for royal burial beliefs and their historical development.

• History of poetryBroader topic: Their rhythmic and figurative language sits near the boundary of prayer and poetry.