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0965730 - Head of the child king emerging from a lotus flower like the rising sun found at the entrance of the tomb. Tukankhamen, by Christiane Desroches Noblecourt.
The blue lotus was a symbol of the Sun God and the pharaohs. Like the sun that sets in the evening and rises in the morning, the lotus flower blooms in the day and closes each night. In one version of the creation myth, the sun first rose out of a giant lotus flower that bloomed on the primordial mound. The lotus thus became a symbol of rebirth, the renewal of life and the promise of everlasting life.
©2003 Credit:Topham Picturepoint
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