| Destiny with the gods The beautifully-decorated passageways and chambers in the tombs included guides to the afterlife for the pharaoh. They showed the gods he would meet and the perils and trials he would face in his quest for immortality. Remarkably, some of the greatest art of the ancient world was created to be seen only by the eyes of dead kings!
|  Anubis, a guardian of the dead, in the tomb of Twosret and Setnakhte. |  Ramesses III wearing the Atef crown of the god Ra. |  Horus, a guide and protector of the pharaoh, stands before Osiris, the god of the underworld. Scene in the tomb of Twosret and Setnakhte. |
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Destiny with the gods
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