“The whole premise of this Egyptian religious system was do the right thing and when you get to the gates, you’ll have eternal life.”—Photographer Kenneth Garrett
Twelve centuries after the Giza Pyramids were built, a gifted general named Horemheb took the throne and had his tomb carved into a slope in the Valley of the Kings. On a mural inside he offers wine to Osiris, god of the underworld, at far left. Such scenes were meant to assist the deceased ruler through the tests and trials that stood between him and eternal life.
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