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. . . . .In the wonderfully decorated burial
chamber of Ramses
I, we see the seated gods Osiris and Khepri. Osiris was the king of the dead.
Legend has it he was the first king in
Egypt to be mummified. This mummification was performed by
his grieving wife, Isis. Osiris embodies the idea of
rebirth in the afterlife. He is shown as a mummy wrapped in
white cloth. His green skin represents the rebirth of
vegetation after the annual Nile flood. Khepri is the scarab-headed god. It was
Khepri who would push the barque of the sun on its daily
journey across the sky. He was also associated with rebirth
in the afterlife.
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