The funeral procession. Detail
Detail. The mummy of pharaoh Tutankhamen lying under a canopy is pulled by twelve men dressed in white, high palace officials as indicated by the hieroglyphics above them, whose heads are girded with a white bandage as a sign of mourning. The last pair consisting of two men with completely shaven skulls and dressed in strapless tunics, are the two viziers of Upper and Lower Egypt, probably Pentu and Usermont. The inscriptions above read 'Nebkheperura come in peace, O protector god of the earth'.
