[MUSIC] There are however, on the royal level, literary references to the death of Pharoah. I've already mentioned the story of Sinuhe, and even an assassination attempt in the teachings of Amenemhat. The king is very concerned about his own succession in a story that occurs even earlier, perhaps hinting at his death. The actual depiction of such a happening, however, does not occur. However, we might consider, for example, the seeing of the coffin in Tutankhamun's tomb. It is a cortege of friends who are leading the coffin and it is really unprecedented in any royal tomb either before or after him. It was clearly an attempt to cover up the fact that the tomb's original owner really was not royal. And that this scene was probably not royal. The identification of Tutankhamun comes in three areas, above the coffin and in the two cartouches to the left. This scene, however, occurs in many different private tombs earlier and later, but it is a one time occurrence in the tomb of royalty at this one period in history. And the reason for this is the probability that this tomb was not really prepared for him. It was actually prepared for a non-royal person who was given the right to be buried in the Valley of the Kings. And when Tutankhamen died prematurely, the tomb was hastily readied for a new owner. Now, this individual was probably a man by the name of and eventually he took over from King Tutankhamun and when he died a few years later, he used another tomb. Perhaps the original one that was supposed to be for Tutankhamen. So this smaller tomb was made royal simply through the addition of a cartouche in this one scene. There are of course alterations elsewhere, but it shows you how important is the name of an individual. To a small extent, the strange absence of depictions of the death of a Pharaoh, except for Tutankhamun, might imply royal immortality on a decorative level. In other words, again, having to do with decorum, perhaps as an element of iconographic or imagery decorum. If so, then the only aspect not achieved by Pharaoh before death is the attribution of superhuman traits. Life in ancient Egypt was difficult, and the people suffered a high rate of infant mortality and royalty was not immune from it. Even if Princes survived infancy, it was not unusual for the eldest son of the great King's wife not to life long enough to ascend to the throne, due to illness or other reasons. We have several of royal Princes who never made it to throne in fact. The 18th dynasty of Amenhotep IV was the only surviving son of Amenhotep III and he succeeded his father to the throne. But we are aware of at least one other son Thutmose and there is a small coffin for his cat and that has his name on it. Many of the sons of Ramesses II are shown on the walls of the Ramesseum, and they died before their father. Some, if not a good number of the population, would also be aware of such events. And even the more deified king, Amenhotep IV, who came to the throne and then changed his name to Akhenaten, was not immune. When one of the six daughters died in childhood, the occasion was recorded in an unprecedented scene in the family burial in his new capital in the city of Amarna. And there you see the family members mourning the death of the young princess.