Bronze and Iron AgesIdeas & Belief Pyramid Texts c. 2,350 BCENotable Spells for the king's afterlife are carved inside the pyramid of Unas at Saqqara. They are the oldest substantial body of Egyptian religious writing. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → Habitual fire and cooking → Homo sapiens appears → Complex language → Natufian villages → Oldest known bread → Agriculture begins → Irrigation → Egypt unified → Step Pyramid of Djoser → Great Pyramid of Giza → Pyramid Texts Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookJames P. AllenThe Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubePyramid Texts of Unas explained ↗Editor's pick