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           ItwasprobablyinhertimethattheimpulsewasgivenintherestoringtheartisticgreatnessoftheFourthDynastywhichhadfounditsperfectioninthedaysofChufu.

           "IntheChamberofthesarcophaguswerepicturesandwritingstoshowthatshehadachievedvictoryoverSleep.Indeed,therewaseverywhereasymbolism,wonderfuleveninalandandanageofsymbolism.Prominencewasgiventothefactthatshe,thoughaQueen,claimedalltheprivilegesofkingshipandmasculinity.Inoneplaceshewaspicturedinman’sdress,andwearingtheWhiteandRedCrowns.Inthefollowingpictureshewasinfemaledress,butstillwearingtheCrownsofUpperandLowerEgypt,whilethediscardedmaleraimentlayatherfeet.Ineverypicturewherehope,oraim,ofresurrectionwasexpressedtherewastheaddedsymboloftheNorth;andinmanyplaces—alwaysinrepresentationsofimportantevents,past,present,orfuture—wasagroupingofthestarsofthePlough.Sheevidentlyregardedthisconstellationasinsomewaypeculiarlyassociatedwithherself.

           "Perhapsthemostremarkablestatementintherecords,bothontheSteleandinthemuralwritings,wasthatQueenTerahadpowertocompeltheGods.This,bytheway,wasnotanisolatedbeliefinEgyptianhistory;butwasdifferentinitscause.Shehadengravedonaruby,carvedlikeascarab,andhavingsevenstarsofsevenpoints,MasterWordstocompelalltheGods,bothoftheUpperandtheUnderWorlds.