“Horus is proud of his new windsurfing board"
tempera, papirus 330 x 440 mm,
XII-XI BC

An ancient Egypt papyrus depicts a scene from 19th Dynasty, probably at the time of pharaoh Ramses VII or Ramses VIII (1133 – 1126 B.C.) Horus, the son of Osiris, is showing his new windsurfing board to a new concubine (her name is unknown). The beautiful priestess Anhai (1100-1150 B.C.) is aggrieved, and her arms are bent and raised towards the heavens with feathers (a direct symbol of the goddess of truth, Maat). The Goddess Imentet is holding her arms around Anhai, trying to stop her from pleading for the damnation of Horus. Thoth, who is known as the inventor of geometry, stands at the right corner. He is holding scriber tools, and noting down everything in his journal. The woman above him is the goddess Maat. In some periods of ancient times, she was said to have been the wife of Thoth.