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Tomb chamber of Ramesses IX with scenes from the Book of Night and Book of Caves

Funeral chamber of Ramesses IX. On the ceiling are scenes from the Book of Night with a night journey of the sun boat. At the bottom, the wall is decorated with scenes from the Book of Caves. Deities are depicted worshipping or mourning a divine body inside a cave, or welcoming the rising sun god from two hillocks, or caves containing Osiris and Ra, in the form of a scarab pushing a solar disc. The scene symbolises the rebirth of the sun.

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