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SAQQARA /
Teti. Entering the tomb

Corridor in the basement of the pyramid, right before the tomb

Corridor in the basement of the Pyramid of Teti, Saqqara, Egypt, right before the royal tomb.


Wall inscriptions inside the Pyramid of Teti, Saqqara, Egypt

Pyramid texts on the walls of the burial chamber. The cartouche of Teti in the middle, inside the elliptic frame.

Wall inscriptions inside the Pyramid of Teti, Saqqara, Egypt

The pyramid can be entered, and it is interesting. It is all quite similar to the interior of Unas' pyramid, built around 20 years earlier, only on a larger scale.
Walls are covered by Pyramid Texts as in Unas', but there is more damage to it here. The burial chamber is in fine condition and the huge basalt sarcophagus is in excellent condition and undamaged. It has stripes of hieroglyphic inscriptions with parts from the Pyramid Texts. A few fragments of the mummy was found the first time the sarcophagus was opened, thanks to ancient robbers.

The sarcophagus inside the Pyramid of Teti, Saqqara, Egypt

The royal sarcophagus.

Inscriptions in the bottom of the sarcophagus inside the Pyramid of Teti, Saqqara, Egypt

Inscriptions in the bottom of the sarcophagus.

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