The Pharaoh's Ka. Detail
Detail. The Ka of the ruler clutches the ankh symbol of life. The Ka is the vital, invisible and intangible element that makes man live and distinguishes him from the corpse. It is born with man and follows him into the afterlife. The royal Ka was the divine aspect of the king's personality; the ruler became a god at the moment he united with his Ka, i.e. at the moment of the coronation when he sat on the throne of Horo.
