These images can be interpreted as Tutankhamun depicted as the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit. The North Wall depicts three important rituals – the Opening the Mouth ritual, the reincarnation or resurrection of the king, and the final ritual in which Tutankhamun and his life-force or spirit embraces Osiris, patron of the Underworld and the dead.
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This is the east wall of Tutankhamun's Burial Chamber, the painting is a depiction of the funeral procession of King Tut, he is being pulled on a sledge and the twelve people pulling him are said to be all extremely important to him.
They are all depicted wearing white sandals which were worn at holy or sacred ceremonies. The white headbands were also worn at
funerals.
There are several groups of people depicted, including Ay, the king's successor, Maya, the King's Treasurer, General Horemheb, who would shortly succeed Ay, two visors and a number of High Priests. This is the south wall of Tutankhamun's Burial Chamber, depicted here is Tutankhamun, having successfully travelled through the underworld, is welcomed to the Afterlife by Anubis, on the left, the jackal-headed god of embalming, and, on the right, the life giving Hathor, goddess of the west.
A third figure, destroyed when Carter opened the burial chamber, shows Isis, the goddess of simplicity from whom all beginnings arise. Tutankhamun, who is now immortal, will begin the life-giving daily ritual.
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This is the west wall of Tutankhamun's Burial Chamber. This wall, along with the magical text from the Imy-duat, is the king's guide and safe passage through the Underworld which he must successfully navigate if he is to reach the Afterlife. In the top left we see the solar boat, to be used by the king on his journey, in which rides Khepri, the god associated with the dung beetle, whose behaviour of maintaining spherical balls of dung represents the forces which move the sun.
Khepri was considered as an embodiment of the sun itself, and therefore a solar deity. Two male figures, representing the god Osiris, raise their arms to Khepri in homage whilst, top right, five deities prepare to assist Tutankhamun in his journey through the underworld and the night. A successful navigation of the Underworld will allow Tutankhamun to be welcomed into the Afterlife as an immortal. Images of 12 baboons are depicted which are representative of the 12 hours of the night.
Question 1b:
North Wall: The north wall shows the Opening of the Mouth ritual which shows the reincarnation of King Tut and the final ritual in which you can see the change in clothing.
East Wall: In the painting they are all wearing white headbands and white sandals and dragging the mummy on a sled.
South Wall: In the south wall painting you can see Anubis, the jackal-god of embalming which supports the idea of embalming mummies, and Hathor the life giving god, which may imply that Tutankhamun was reincarnated.
West Wall: In the west wall painting we see Tutankhamun's journey to the afterlife, which is the theory egyptians had when people died and the 12 baboons depict the 12 hours of the night King Tut had to survive to make it.