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Lord Carnarvon to examine our discoveries to date before proceeding

through Door C, the so-called Great Portal, and into the tomb's likely

treasury, sepulchre, and other chambers. Or perhaps Carnarvon and I

shall continue excavations in other locations instead, if in the end we

find this tomb unoccupied, with only the History Chamber to identify

it (as if such a find alone were not remarkable enough).

( F I G . H: C H A M B E R 6, T H E H I S T O R Y C H A M B E R ,

O P E N E D 2 3 . 1 1 . 2 2 , S H O W I N G T H E P L A C E M E N T O F THE

I L L U S T R A T I O N S AND T E X T S )

Each of the twelve pillars depicts one key event from each year of

Atum-hadu's twelve-year reign, a span concretely determined now,

thanks to these twelve pillars, and likely having occurred 1642—1630

B.C. More comprehensive than the pillars, each of the twelve wall pan-

els tells, with text and image, a portion of the life of Atum-hadu, from

his conception through his reign to the end of his earthly life.

WALL PANEL A: " T H E BIRTH OF ATUM-HADU,

FINAL KING OF T H E BLACK LAND"

Hieroglyphic Text: The great king's titulary has been composed

and will forever be Horus — Son of Osiris and Seth; He of the Two

Ladies — Restorer of the Lost Kingdom; Horus of Gold—Ma'at's Fero-

cious Lover; He of the Sedge and Bee — Hand of a Scribe, Victorious

Bull, Fish of a God; Son of Ra—Atum-Is-Aroused. But the king was

born with his name hidden.

He is born far from the capital, near the waters. [His] mother is

chosen for her especial grace and beauty and intelligence to receive the

seed of Seth [god of confusion and disorder—RMT]. The summer at

its zenith, Seth disguised himself as a fisherman and lay with this

woman. At the moment he delivered his seed, Seth revealed his truth,

and the woman saw his donkey head and was frightened. Seth de-

parted, and she would kill the life in her womb. Seth stayed her hand.

Seth made her fingers like an animal's paw. Seth took from the un-

grateful her beauty, and she became dull and her name is everywhere

forgotten.

The woman washed clothes and drank beer. She was heavy with

child by as many men as stars in a sky. Her first son asked her who his

father was. She pointed to a fisherman who resembled Seth when he

had disguised himself. "This son of a whore's vulva is the father of

you." The fisherman said no, she had copulated with a donkey and her

children were all donkey-children.

Seth saw the boy grow strong and visited him. Seth explained all,

and the boy understood. The boy was made not by people but by gods

and himself. He created himself. The god whom he most resembled was

not Seth but Atum, the great creator of everything, at the moment

when the god strained towards creation.

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