The Tomb of Seth

**The Tomb of Seth** is a level from Tomb Raider IV.

## Pictures

**03.01 - Horus bird**

This is the same picture as in Tomb Raider 1, in the Egypt level. I couldn’t find it

**03.02 - Stars**

These come from the ceiling of the temple of Hathor in the **temple complex of Dendera**.

**03.03 - Bull and god horus**

These come from the roof of the Hypostyle hall (Pronaos) of the Hathor temple in Dendera. The god on the boat is probably Horus. The bull is not known but could be the king of Egypt.

**03.04 - More gods**

These come from the roof of the Hypostyle hall (Pronaos) of the Hathor temple in Dendera. These are three gods. The hyro’s are too tiny to read them.

**03.05 - Shrine**

This depict the inner shrine of Tutankhamun (or Tutankhaten), it is made of stone. The four other shrines are of wood with a layer of gold on it. We see the goddess **Nepthys** . On each side is a goddess: **Isis**, **Neith**, **Selket**, spreading their wings to protect the diseased.

The goddesses spreading their wings to protect the diseased, was a common theme used on the decoration of the sarcophagus in the 18th dynasty. Except Akhenaton, he used four **Aton**-discs with hands on the sides of his sarcophagus.

**03.06 - More gods of Denderah**

These come from the roof of the Hypostyle hall (Pronaos) of the Hathor temple in Dendera. The god is unknown.

**03.07 - Pharaoh offering to a god**

**Amenemhat IV** offering goods to **Atum**, the god of Iunu (Heliopolis). This is can also be seen on Tomb Raider 1. It has been reused.

**03.08 - Blue and gold**

Lapis Lazuli (blue) and gold remind me of the mask of **Tutankhamun**. But there is so much more blue and gold in the tomb of king Tut.

According to dr. Nicolas Reeves the famous mask is not from him but from Neferet-iti (or Nefertiti). Read more **here**.

**03.09 - View of the room**

This time it is a view of the room like Core Design frequently does.

**03.10 - Black hieroglyphics 1**

**03.11 - Red hieroglyphics 2**

**03.12 - Black and white hieroglyphics 3**

### The timeless Sands amulet

In my memory it was called “Sands of time”. Lara places the the object “The Timeless Sands” on the statue. It clear all the sands from the Sfinx.

> *The **sands of time** is an English idiom relating the passage of time to the sand in an hourglass. The hourglass is an antiquated timing instrument consisting of two glass chambers connected vertically by a narrow passage which allows sand to trickle from the upper part to the lower by means of gravity. The amount of sand determines the amount of time that passes as the chamber is emptied. The image of the sand being emptied in the hourglass creates a visual metaphor for the limited duration of human life, and for the inevitability of change in the world as a whole.*
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> *The hourglass, sometimes with the addition of metaphorical wings, is often depicted as a symbol that human existence is fleeting, and that the “sands of time” will run out for every human life.[15] It was used thus on pirate flags, to strike fear into the hearts of the pirates’ victims. In England, hourglasses were sometimes placed in coffins,[16] and they have graced gravestones for centuries. The hourglass was also used in alchemy as a symbol for hour.*
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