Sacred stories unfold across 16 chambers and corridors in the tomb of Seti I, father of Ramses II.
For the Egyptians, the plan of a tomb was like a road map from this world to the next, says the author [Kent R. Weeks].
The tomb's decorations were like a guidebook. Few people, though, were meant to see this guide to the afterlife. Built neither as a public memorial nor to impress posterity, the tomb served as an instrument, the means to a new beginning.
From Valley of the Kings, September 1998, National Geographic magazine.
