Image code: 31915

Ceiling with astronomical scenes

Detail of the corridor ceiling. The scenes represent constellations and stars of the time while the architrave is decorated with two figures of Ramesses IX on his knees worshipping the solar disc, inside which are depicted a god with a ram's head and a wadjet eye. On the right and left are male and female deities. Below a large vulture, the goddess Nekhbet, with outstretched wings and grasping with her paws the feather of Maat and the shen, the circular symbol of eternity

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