Saqqara - Pyramid of Unas

Southwest of the Step Pyramid is the Pyramid of Unas or Onnos, last King of the Fifth Dynasty. It can easily be climbed without assistance and offers an extensive view of the whole necropolis area: to the north the pyramids of Abusir and Giza, to the south the pyramids of Saqqara and Dahshur, to the east the Step Pyramid and the palm groves and fields of the villages of Saqqara and Mit Rahina.

The interior of the pyramid, which was opened in 1881, is open to visitors. From the north side a sloping passage, the entrance to which was originally concealed under the paving, leads to an antechamber, from which a horizontal corridor, originally barred by three trapdoors at the far end, continues to a central chamber. To the right (west) of this is the tomb chamber, which, like the central chamber, has a pitched roof; to the left is a small chamber with a flat roof and three niches, which was originally closed by a stone slab. The walls of the central chamber and the tomb chamber are covered with inscriptions the "Pyramid Texts", the oldest known Egyptian religious texts, relating to the life after death in which the incised hieroglyphs are filled in with blue pigment. Against the west wall of the tomb chamber is the King's sarcophagus, with alabaster false doors to the right and left.