Those of you who have not already done so, now cross the pit with the help of Gaderon's boots. Once on the other side, you proceed along the corridor into a larger area that can be seen ahead. You see a 30-foot-square chamber with a ceiling 20 feet high. There are no other exits apparent. Around the far walls north, east, and west are nine man-sized figures, each standing on a three-foot-high plinth. Before each statue is a stone block, perhaps an altar, with objects thereon. The ceiling is plain, but the walls are painted with scenes and covered with ancient hieroglyphs. The floor is hard sandstone, and the idols appear to be of the same material. The statues, from the left of the entrance and then counted clockwise, are:
Ra (a hawk-headed god)
Rait (female deity, consort of Ra)
Hathor (beautiful goddess)
Herakhty (hawk-headed young god)
Menthu (man crowned by two plumes)
Sekhmet (lioness-headed goddess)
Shu (human figure, bearded god)
Chepri (scarab beetle-headed god)
Mehurit (cow-headed goddess)
On each altar before the figures can be seen a lamp, a flask and three little figurines of the idol.
The writings on the wall praise Those Great Ones Who Are Here Assembled For Honor.
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