# Inspector task sheet

Koguryo tombs: the guardians painted around the dead

## 1. Trace the earliest accessible record

For Koguryo tombs: the guardians painted around the dead, record author or storyteller, collection date, language, translation, page and exact scope. Distinguish evidence of a story being told from evidence of its events. Note which full documents remain unavailable.

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## 2. Investigate the central question

Use published chamber plans to map each motif to wall, orientation and period. Attribute photographs to the correct tomb and country. Compare inscriptions and archaeological context with iconographic identifications. Treat proposed astronomical alignments as hypotheses requiring measured plans, rather than inferring them from a stylised image.

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## 3. Compare explanations without merging evidence

Compare iconography, chamber orientation and dated context across identified tombs. Distinguish textual statements of belief from archaeological observations. Preserve contradictions and unsuccessful searches; proposed work remains unperformed.

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