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doors of which open as the sun-god approaches; above them coils a huge
snake. Farther to the right gods peep forth from a lake of fire. In the
Lower Panel, to the left, Atum leans upon his staff; by spells he has
rendered the snake Apophis, the foe of the sun-god, innocuous, and it
now lies before him, watched by 9 gods, 'who
ward off the snake'. To the right are Atum
and other gods. — On the Right Walls is Chap- I 1
ter III of the 'Book of the Portals' (beginning I j
at the entrance). Beyond the gate guarded by fr ~H|
the serpent Zetbi we see the journey through U
the third region of the underworld. In the j U__
Middle the boat is being drawn by 4 men to- L----1
wards a long chapel, in which lie the mum- | ff—
mies of 9 gods. Then follow 12 goddesses, re¬
presenting the hours of the night; these, di¬
vided into two groups of six, separated hy a
huge serpent, ascend a mountain, beneath
which is a pond, indicated by zigzag lines. In
the Upper Panel are a row of gods, 'who hasten
to their Ka', 12 jackal-headed daemons, stand¬
ing upon a pond, 'the lake of life', and 10 Urazus
snakes, upon the 'lake of the Ura-i'. In the
Lower Panel we see Horus, leaning on his start',
and 11 gods advancing towards Osiris, 'lord of
the western ones' (i.e. of the dead). Osiris
(whose figure has been destroyed) stands above
a serpent in a recess, in front of which is ■• n
TJraeus-snake. Twelve other gods approach the
recess from the other fide. Farther on are
4 men before vaulted ovens (?), watched by a
god. The beginning of Chapter IV of the
'Book of the Portals'appears on the right rear "i
wall, where we see the outwork and the gate
guarded by the serpent Teke-hor. On the roof
are two representations of the Egyptian sky.
— In the next Corridor is the beginning of the
'Sun's Journey through the Underworld'. In the
Room to the Left the mummy of the king is
depicted 23 times; in the Room to the Right,
17 times The Recesses, on each side at the
end of the corridor, have figures of gods in
their shrines below, and representations of if
sacrificial offerings above. On the Lintel of the
door to the last room is the boat of the sun
upon a double-sphinx, adored by the king on
each side. — Last Room. On each of the side-
walls is a bed, with linns' heads and lions'
feet, with a chair and two chests above, and
below, four vessels for entrails, with the heads
of the four genii of the dead on the lids.
No. 3, to the left ofthe path, is half-
filled with rubbish; it was originally in¬
tended for Ramses III.
No. 4. Tomb of Ramses XII., Nefer-
er-ke-re, the last of the Ramessides. This
tomb is unfinished.
No. 5, farther on, to the left, is the entrance to a corridor.
*No. 6. Tomb of Ramses IX., approached by a. flight of steps
(with inclined plane, and steps at the sides). On the staircase to
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