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

[brier-1] Lecture 10: The End of the Old Kingdom. of The History of Ancient Egypt . - Series of lectures by Bob Brier

[budge-2] A ^b E. A. Wallis Budge : From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt. University Press, Oxford; Milford, London both 1934, p. 322 ff.

[3] The cannibal hymn in English