Drinking cup, found at the entrance of the tomb made of calcite, is sculpted in the form of a half open lotus flower. Tukankhamen, by Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, page 98. The blue lotus was a symbol of the Sun God and the pharaohs. Like the sun that sets in the evening and rises in the morning, the lotus flower blooms in the day and closes each night. In one version of the creation myth, the sun first rose out of a giant lotus flower that bloomed on the primordial mound. The lotus thus became a symbol of rebirth, the renewal of life and the promise of everlasting life.