QV44 - Tomb of Prince Kha-emwaset at The Valley of The Queens .. Part ( 6 )

This prince should not be confused with the much more famous son of Ramses II, the wizard prince of the magical tales of the Egyptian papyri .
Our present prince was another of the family of Ramses III, and resembled his learned predecessor of the 19^th Dynasty only in the fact that he died before succeeding to the throne .

His tomb ranks with that of Queen Nefertari as one of the best in the valley, and if time is limited, these two tombs, 44 and 66, should be chosen as most worthy of being visited .

The tomb consists of an outer corridor, with two side-rooms, an inner corridor with vaulted roof, and a burial-hall .

On the left, as we enter, is a figure of Ptah in his shrine ; the figure of the king who stood adoring him is destroyed . Next, the king, with the prince behind him, approaches Thoth ; then the same introduction takes place, this time to Anubis ; lastly the prince is introduced to Harakhte . On the right wall the king again worships Ptah ; introduces his son to Geb ; then to Shu ; finally to Atûm .

In the entrance of the room on the left of the corridor are Isis and Nephthys, Neith and Selqet, with the priest who represents " Horus Supporter of His Mother " . Then the prince stands before Anubis, and before the Children of Horus, and Selqet ; while on the opposite wall he again stands before Anubis and the four Children of Horus, with Neith . On the end wall is a double figure of Osiris, with Isis and Nephthys . The room to the right of the corridor has again Isis and Nephthys, Neith and Selqet, as before .

Within, the prince adores Hapi and Qebhsnewef on the left hand . Imseti and Duamutef on the right . A curious blunder has here been made by the artist, who has given Hapi a jackal's head instead of a dog-headed ape's, and Duamutef a baboon's head instead of a jackal's .

The inner corridor is only partly finished . It represents the passage of the prince through the pylons of the underworld, which are guarded by grotesque and weird monsters . Over the doorway of the Sanctuary is the winged sun-disk . The thicknesses of the door have Dad emblems, crowned with the atef crown, and uraei with the sun-disk .

On the left is the couchant Anubis, guardian of the tomb, with the lion of Yesterday or Tomorrow beneath, as in the tomb of Queen Titi . Then the king makes offering to Thoth, and appears before " Horus son of Isis " . On the other side of the room another lion guards the entrance, and symbolic scenes represent the revivifying of the young prince ; while the king offers incense to Horus-khenti-khet .

On the end wall two figures of Osiris enthroned are addressed by Isis and Neith ( left ), and Nephthys and Selqet ( right ) ; while the Children of Horus rise out of a lotus-flower before Osiris .

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