Cannibal hymn
The so-called Cannibal Anthem (Engl. Cannibal hymn ) is in Egyptology controversially discussed part of the Pyramid of Unas held Pyramid Texts . It includes Proverbs 273 and 274 and describes how Pharaoh Unas achieved immortality in the hereafter by eating his parents, his enemies and ultimately the gods themselves .
While the majority of researchers assume a metaphor , some experts (including EA Wallis Budge ) believe that the passage indicates that cannibalism was practiced in Egypt before or during the time of Unas .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lecture 10: The End of the Old Kingdom. of The History of Ancient Egypt . - Series of lectures by Bob Brier
- ^ A b E. A. Wallis Budge : From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt. University Press, Oxford; Milford, London both 1934, p. 322 ff.
- ↑ The cannibal hymn in English