Release the knot in "Pyramid texts"

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Lecturer at Faculty of Archaelogy (Egypt)

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Release The knot has represented a significant symbol in Ancient Egyptian religious texts, where it appeared in pyramids  texts as well as a symbol of life, power, flourishing and sovereignty. In addition, it is related to myths where it represented a symbol for the beginning of life in the doctrines of Creation.
Ancient Egyptians believed that most diseases do not originate from an apparent accident; however, they are caused by opposing power, it was necessary to use magic to treat them.
The Knot also formed an amulet that the deceased wears for protection, security , conserving the corpse as well as a means of ornamentation, , granting and conserving beauty.

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foreign references:
Sethe , K. , Die Altägyptischen Pyramidentexte , 4 Bde , Leipzig , 1908
 Faulkner , R. O. , The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts , Oxford , 1969