Obelisk of Khamoon

In this level, everything is centred on the Obelisk of Khamoon. Lara collects various Egyptian objects. There are disappearing and appearing stairs, living mummies, running animals, crocodiles, and lots of ancient Egyptian art.

## Known references

### 11.01 - Armchair

The armchair has been found from here .

It is an armchair from Queen Hetepheres I, the wife of king Seneferu and mother of king Cheops or Khufu of the 4th Dynasty of Egypt. The furniture was found in 1925 by George Reisner. More items from the discovery can be found here.

### 11.02 - Senet game board

Senet game board found here .

The game of Senet was played in Ancient Egypt. The picture in the game features the senet board of Tutankhamun. In hieroglyphics tell the five fold name of the king.

### 11.03 - Coffin

It’s a coffin from the Middle Kingdom in Ancient Egypt. The owner is called Irinimenpu and is located now in the Museum of Bologna. In hieroglyphics it says: Wesir (Osiris), neb-Djedu (lord of Djedu / Busiris), aa-netjer (the great god), lord of Abedu (Abydos) gives all the good things to the deceased.

The picture is found here.

### 11.04 - Eye of Horus

The Eye of Horus is an amulet. It is also called a “Wedjat eye”. It is now in the collection of the British museum. It has also a mythological background.

> It derives from the mythical conflict between the god Horus with his rival Set, in which Set tore out or destroyed one or both of Horus's eyes and the eye was subsequently healed or returned to Horus with the assistance of another deity, such as Thoth. Horus subsequently offered the eye to his deceased father Osiris, and its revitalizing power sustained Osiris in the afterlife. The Eye of Horus was thus equated with funerary offerings, as well as with all the offerings given to deities in temple ritual. It could also represent other concepts, such as the moon, whose waxing and waning was likened to the injury and restoration of the eye.
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### 11.05 - Seal of Anubis

This "seal" represents the unbroken seal of the tomb of Tutankhamun. Howard Carter found the tomb and saw the unbroken seal with the god Anubis of the necropolis of kings valley and several prisoners under him. T

Second picture came from the original excavation photos. Found here.

### 11.06 - Ankh symbol

The Ankh symbol means "life" in ancient Egyptian. And is given by the gods to the kings, queens or other deceased people.

This one came from Nubia, the Napata Kingdom (700-500 BC). The Ankh symbol is now at the British Museum. In the Ankh it has

* the god Heh with two tadpole, the symbol of Million years.
* a djed symbol, a pillar like symbol representing stability.
* a was-sceptre, a straight staff with a forked end representing power.

### 11.07 - Scarab

Could be any scarab. There are lots of them.

> Scarabs were popular amulets and impression seals in Ancient Egypt. They survive in large numbers and, through their inscriptions and typology, they are an important source of information for archaeologists and historians of the ancient world. They also represent a significant body of ancient art. From the middle Bronze Age, other ancient peoples of the Mediterranean and the Middle East imported scarabs from Egypt and also produced scarabs in Egyptian or local styles, especially in the Levant.
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## Notes and sources

1. ↑ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Furniture\_of\_Hetepheres\_(Egyptian\_Museum\_in\_Cairo)#/media/File:Hetepheres\_chair.jpg
2. ↑ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Furniture\_of\_Hetepheres\_(Egyptian\_Museum\_in\_Cairo)
3. ↑ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Treasure\_of\_Tutankhamun#/media/File:Egyptian\_Museum\_000\_(6).jpg
4. ↑ http://www.museibologna.it/archeologicoen/percorsi/67473/luogo/66343/id/74866/oggetto/74874/
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye\_of\_Horus
6. ↑ https://egyptking-tutankhamun.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-unbroken-seal-on-king-tutankhamun.html
7. ↑ https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection\_online/collection\_object\_details.aspx?images=true&objectId=144225&page=1&partId=1&searchText=Scarab