Discovery of the Pyramid Texts
“The pyramid of Unas at Saqqara, 1881. Gaston Maspero crouches before a chamber covered in hieroglyphs. Foreground shows his torch revealing column after column of carved spells gilded in blue; midground reveals Egyptian foremen holding torches and a sketchbook open on a stool; the cool inside of the small pyramid contrasts with the blazing desert visible at the entrance.”
