The Virtual Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Project is a joint research between UC Merced, the Italian National Council of Research, and the Jiaotong University aimed at digitally documenting archaeological sites, artifacts and cultural relics of the Western Han Dynasty. The outcome of this process will be the creation of a virtual museum, based on collaborative environments, dedicated to the Western Han Dynasty. This project will integrate new archaeological datasets from fieldwork activities, monuments, and famous collections of artifacts. The use of integrated technologies will permit the reconstruction of the ancient landscape of the capital of the Dynasty–Chang’an–, funerary contexts and art and artifacts. One of the most important archaeological examples in Xi’an is represented by the paintings of the western Han mural tombs. Despite their cultural and historical importance they are at risk of being lost because of the critical conditions of plasters and colors. The murals show a very rich repertoire of subjects such as scenes of daily life, rituals and ascension to heaven. These examples of mural paintings contain a very complex interpretation code explaining the relations between life and death during the Western Han dynasty. A simple description of the subjects and also the 3D virtual reconstruction of the tombs are insufficient for approaching a correct cultural interpretation. In this paper we present a tentative analysis and communication of two mural tombs’ iconography obtained through 3D virtual cybermaps. The use of cybermaps emphasizes the interpretation of the spatial connections (affordances) between the different scenes decorating the coffin chambers.