“This Scholar Says She’s Unlocked The Secret Of The Pyramid Texts”

Two pyramids at Saqqara — The pyramid of Unas, located at Saqqara, south of Giza and Cairo — the famous Saqqara “step pyramid” of Zoser appears in the background here — no longer looks like much on the outside. But the interior is absolutely wonderful, and of enormous scholarly importance.
(Wikimedia Commons; click to enlarge)

I have to admit in advance that, without having seen her book, I’m inclined to be sympathetic. For one thing, I rather like it when outsiders (e.g., Michael Ventris, with Minoan Linear B) stir things up in seemingly settled fields. For another, I’ve always disliked it when scholars assume that ancient people were fools and that ancient texts are essentially superstitious mumbo-jumbo.

That said, though, I’m curious to hear what my LDS Egyptologist friends and acquaintances (e.g. John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, Michael Rhodes, and John Thompson) might eventually have to say about it:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pyramid-texts-susan-morrow_us_56ba4ae6e4b0b40245c464d9

I suspect that none of them were consulted for the big-budget new documentary film Gods of Egypt, a specimen of clearly superb Egyptological scholarship that debuts this week.

(Thanks to Jeff Schrade for calling the above article to my attention.)

“This scholar says she’s unlocked the secret of the Pyramid Texts”