Download File

Tombs
By: Rabea Alfahad
• Decoration
• Only the burial chamber in the tomb of Tutankhamun was decorated which
is unusual because in royal tombs almost all of the walls were generally
painted with scenes from the Amduat (the Book of the Dead). In this case,
the burial chamber had a golden background and was decorated with scenes
from the Opening of the Mouth ritual and the Amduat (Book of the Dead),
and with depictions of Tutankhamun with various gods.
• The apes of the first hour of the Amduat are depicted on the west wall. On
the North wall Tutankhamun appears before the goddess Nut and the royal
ka embraces Osiris.
• Further along the wall there is a depiction of Ay wearing the blue war crown
of a pharaoh (indicating that he became pharaoh shortly after the death of
the young king) performing the Opening of the Mouth ritual before the
mummy of Tutankhamun.
• On the east wall a spell from the Amduat (Book of the Dead) appears, along with a
depiction of the funeral procession of Tutankhamun. His mummy is drawn along
on a sledge during the funeral procession and he is followed by two of his viziers to
the king and a third individual thought by many to be Horemheb.
• The decoration on the south wall depicts Tutankhamun
with Anubis and Hathor and a further scene depicting Tutankhamun being
welcomed into the underworld by Hathor, Anubis and Isis. The ceiling was
decorated with a depiction of Nut with her wings spread to embrace the resting
place of the pharaoh.
Layout
1.Entrance corridor
2.Antechamber
3.Annex
4.Burial Chamber
5.Treasury
10 Things You Find Inside an Egyptian
Tomb
King Tut's Burial Chamber
A mummy in a sarcophagus or burial coffin.
Four canopic jars containing the
organs of the deceased.
Magic Egyptian amulets in the
mummy's wrappings.
A copy of the ancient Egyptian Book
of the Dead.
Household goods, including furniture,
for use in the afterlife
Mummies were buried with bread, meat, fruits
and vegetables, and all manner of things he or
she could enjoy feasting upon.
Food to feed the deceased
Ushabti figurines to work for the
deceased in the afterlife
Wall paintings with pictures about the
mummy's life
Painted spells to cast curses and injuries Statues, carvings and paintings of
Egyptian gods
upon tomb robbers
So there you have it!
10 Things You Find In An Egyptian
Tomb
1. A mummy in a sarcophagus
2. Four canopic jars
3. Protective amulets
4. The Book of the Dead
5. Household goods
6. Food
7. Ushabti "helpers
8. Wall paintings
9. Inscribed curses
10. Statues of Egyptian gods
•
References
• http://www.egyptabout.com/2013/07/top-10-things-in-ancient-egyptiantombs.html
• http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt
• http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/tutankhamun-tomb.html