Egypt: Day 7
September 22, 2022
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Above: In the tomb of Ramesses I ... once again Khnum, with the head of a ram, god of rebirth, The barque is hauled by four inhabitants of the Duat,
the underworld) on a boat facing a snake, rudely sticking his tongue out again.
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1 to 4 show paintings within the tomb of Ramesses I ...
1 ... From the Book of Gates, four hauliers of the Barque of the Earth, with four Osiriform characters in white shrouds, their head dressed with the pharaoh's khat.
2 ... The god Horus (left) and the Atum (first god who created himself) and Neith (first goddess and prime creator) escort Ramesses I in death.
3 ... On the right as you enter, the goddess Ma'at (of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice) receives the dead Ramesses I,
who is making a gift of wine to the god Nefertum (god of the sunlight and blue lotus).
4 ... On the left as you enter, Ma'at receives Ramesses I, who is facing the god Ptah (creator god and patron of craftsmen and architects).
5 is the the red granite sarcophagus whose lid has been broken by the pillagers.
6 to 12 shows a map and detail in the tomb of Ramesses III, pharaoh from 1186-1155 BC, son of the Great Ramesses ...
7 ... The entrance corridor to the tomb.
8 ... At the top, the Litany of Ra, some of the 74 manifestations of the sun.
9 ... An example of hieroglyphs found all over the corridor walls.
11 ... The kings of Lower and Upper Egypt meet.
12 ... Ramesses III with a cricket bat? A curling broom? Probably not.
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