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Tutankhamun's Burial Chamber
This is the north wall of Tutankhamun's Burial Chamber, it is showing three different images, Tutankhamun, as the living embodiment of Horus who was the son of Osiris,wearing the double crown with the uraeus complete with the flail and crook regalia, Tutankhamun depicted as Osiris the father of all Egypt and Tutankhamun depicted as his Ka.
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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They are all depicted wearing white sandals which were worn at holy or sacred ceremonies. The white headbands were also worn at

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