Egypt: Day 7
September 22, 2022
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Above: Ruins of the Mortuary Temple of Merenptah, the Pharaoh 1213-1203 BC and son of Ramesses II ... on the way to the Valley of the Kings.
Above: In the tomb of Ramesses I ... Khnum, with the head of a ram, god of the source of the Nile, rebirth, the evening sun and the creator of children,
combined with the sun god Ra, on a boat facing a guardian snake, rudely sticking his tongue out at Khnum. Boats were used by gods to move to and
from the heavens and the underworld. This wall comes from the Book of Gates, a funeral composition, narrates the passage of a newly deceased soul
into the next world, corresponding to the journey of the sun through the underworld during the hours of the night
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Above: In the tomb of Ramesses I ... from the Book of Gates, eight standing mummies carry the Barque of the Earth, each wear the bent false beards of a blissful death.
Above: In the tomb of Ramesses I ... from the Book of Gates, five representations of pharaohs.
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