Chapter 65

There was one thing we could not avoid seeing, though, that although the cut on the outer rock was the work of the priesthood, the smoothing of the cliff face may have been part of the "tomb maker" original design, the symbolism of the plate and cut inside the whole gave the same idea and the outer cave Architecturally, partly natural and partly excavated, it was conceived of as a mere pre-chamber. At its end, so that it faced east, was a colonnaded portico hewn in the solid rock. The moon boat is on the threshold, and it contains Hathor with a cow's head and carries the disk and columns, and Hapi with the head of the dog of the god of the North. Harpocrates directed it towards the north, represented by the North Star, surrounded by Draco and Ursa Major. In the end, the stars that form what we call the "plow" were cut larger than any of the other stars.

And it was so filled with gold that, in the light of the torches, it seemed to be blazing with speci