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The Roles of Guardians Deities of Book of Cavern from Scenes Texts of King Ramses Iv Tomb

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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This papers aims to focus the light on the role of the guardians deities of the book of the Cavern from the scenes and texts of the Tomb of King Ramses IV and their benefits for the soul of the King, The 1^st and the 2^nd division of the book of Cavern included the figure of the guardian deities, was depicted completely on the 3^rd corridor {C} of the tomb Meanwhile the figures of the guardians deities from the 3^rd to the 11^th Cave were represented only in figures and its explaining texts explain their protective role for the soul of the deceased. (Piankoff,1941,1942,1943⁾ in his Articles (Le livre des Querets) highlighted the description of the journey of the Sun god and the soul of the deceased accompanied him through the Cavern of the Underworld.(Hart,1986) mentioned only the names and epithets of these guardian deities ,So the researcher will highlight Why these guardian Deities was represented only in figures and mentioned in texts explaining their protective roles for the soul of the King in the Caves of the underworld ? instead of the depiction From the 3^rd to 6^th division of the book of the Cavern to inform the soul of the King about the role of these guardians deities of each Cave during his journey accompanied the Sun god through the Cavern of the Underworld.

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10.21608/ijthm.2021.177915

Keywords

Guardians Deities, Book of Cavern, Ramses IV Tomb

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Dardir

MiddleName

Ragheb

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Researcher, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Fayoum University, Egypt

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25738

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2021-06-01

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2021-02-15

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2021-06-01

Page Start

109

Page End

140

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2535-2318

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2682-3632

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International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management

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