Stairs

The Stairs Amulet


 * Hieroglyphics:**



An amulet buried with the dead, the staircase was a symbol of transition, ascension, and descent, a symbol of the mound of creation. Every Egyptian tomb incorporated a stairway which led down into the inner chamber. Amulets of stairs, made of faience, were sometimes buried with the dead to help them climb to heaven. The great pyramids themselves were designed to serve as gigantic stairways by which the soul of the deceased pharaohs could ascend to the heavens. The Pyramid Texts say “A staircase is laid for him so that he may mount up to heaven thereby.”

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