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1/ last day of my Tutankhamun 100 day countdown: Today a solid gold coffin. #Egypt #Archaeology #Tutankhamun #history #Archaeology #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #توتعنخآمون #ancient #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #тутанхамон #투탕카 
2/ When Carter removed the 2nd gilded wooden coffin from the first he was puzzled by the weight. Opening the 2nd coffin he was astounded to find the 3rd coffin was of solid gold!
3/ This incredible object is among the heaviest gold objects in the world weighing 243 lbs (110 kilograms" of pure yellow gold. #Mythology #Art #Gold #Egypt #Archaeology #AncientArt #History #Jewelry #Ancient #AncientEgypt #Egypt #Egypte #Egipto #Egito #Αίγυπτος #Ägypten #مصر
Exactly 100 years ago today, Hussein Hassan Abdel Rassuhl, the water boy and most junior member of Howard Carter’s excavation team, discovered the first of 16 stone steps which, when unearthed, revealed the entrance to the tomb of #Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings.
The treasures of the tomb captivated audiences around the world. Carter described the solid-gold funerary mask of #Tutankhamun as ‘a beautiful and unique specimen of ancient portraiture', bearing 'a sad but calm expression suggestive of youth prematurely overtaken by death.'
This was the first intact pharaonic tomb to be discovered in the modern age. Its discovery provoked a craze for all things Egyptian, sometimes known as ‘Tutmania’. Propelled by the new mass media, this had a profound influence on visual and material culture.
1/ T-2 of my Tutankhamun 100 day countdown: Today the golden throne. #Egypt #Archaeology #Tutankhamun #history #Archaeology #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #توتعنخآمون #ancient #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #Τουταγχαμών #тутанхамон #투탕카
2/ This magnificent golden throne has the traditional form of an armchair with lion's legs. #Mythology #Art #Gold #Egypt #Archaeology #AncientArt #History #Jewelry #Ancient #AncientEgypt #Egypt #Egypte #Egipto #Egito #Αίγυπτος #Ägypten #מִצְרַיִם #Egitto #エジプト #이집트 #مصر
1/ T-3 of my Tutankhamun 100 day countdown: Today 2 gilded chariots. #Egypt #Archaeology #Tutankhamun #history #Archaeology #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #توتعنخآمون #ancient #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #Τουταγχαμών #тутанхамон #투탕카
2/ Only 8 complete chariots, & 1 chariot cab, have survived from the Late Bronze age among several civilizations that had them. All these come from 18th Dynasty Egypt, 6 of them from Tutankhamun's tomb
3/ 4 of the chariots had wood frames and cloth or leather sidings which did not survive. They had minimal gilding. #Egypt #Archaeology #AncientArt #History #Ancient #AncientEgypt #Egypt #Egypte #Egipto #Egito #Αίγυπτος #Ägypten #מִצְרַיִם #Egitto #エジプト #이집트 #مصر
Newspapers incorrectly reported that she had arrived but this was incorrect. Wichelo lost two sons and the sarcophagus was lost. The sarcophagus was insured by the British museum but the ship was not. Richard Wichelo lost everything. An irony that it was moved to ‘protect it’.
Its location is unknown. Weiss’s work was altogether destructive to the Giza plateau - but he didn’t operate a lone. A lot of agents operating with various political and economic motivations. @N_Nielsen4 #onwardsupwards2022
Burial chamber had clearly been visited repeatedly. Coffin & finds there were post-pharaonic.
1/ T-18 of Tutankhamun 100 day countdown: Today inlaid broad collars. #Egypt #Archaeology #Tutankhamun #history #Archaeology #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #توتعنخآمون #ancient #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #Τουταγχαμών #тутанхамон #투탕카
2/ Tutankhamun's mummy was protected with elaborate sets of broad collars of gold foil & inlaid gold, shaped like falcons, vultures, & cobras.
3/ We looked at the gold foil examples early in the countdown. Today the more elaborate inaid collars #Mythology #Art #Gold #Egypt #Archaeology #AncientArt #History #Jewelry #Ancient #AncientEgypt
#Egypt #Egypte #Egipto #Egito #Αίγυπτος #Ägypten #מִצְרַיִם #Egitto #エジプト
#Egypt #Egypte #Egipto #Egito #Αίγυπτος #Ägypten #מִצְרַיִם #Egitto #エジプト
1/ Today a double post for my Tutankhamun 100 day countdown. I had to miss yesterday. First off, the 3 large funerary beds shaped like animal gods. ****. #Egypt #Archaeology #Tutankhamun #history #Archaeology #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #توتعنخآمون
2/ The three tall "funerary beds" also called "funerary couches." They were made for the afterlife, not life. They are very tall, & would have been impractical for daily use #ancient #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #Τουταγχαμών #тутанхамон #투탕카
3/ Most Egyptian beds were quite short like several from Tutankhamun's tomb we covered earlier in the countdown such as this fine example covered with heavy sheet gold. #Mythology #Art #Gold #Egypt #Archaeology #AncientArt #History #Jewelry #Ancient #AncientEgypt #Egypt #Egypte
1/ T-20 of my Tutankhamun 100 day countdown: Today King on a leopard. #Egypt #Archaeology #Tutankhamun #history #Archaeology #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #توتعنخآمون #ancient #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #Τουταγχαμών #тутанхамон #투탕카
2/ A pair of gilded wood statues of Tutankhamun on the back of a leopard were found in the treasury chamber enclosed in a shrine & wrapped in linen.
3/ These leopard statues were traditional tomb equipment for New Kingdom pharaohs. Tutankhamun's are the most beautiful and complete examples ever found.
1/ T-21 of my Tutankhamun 100 day countdown: Today a gold statuette. #Egypt #Archaeology #Tutankhamun #history #Archaeology #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #توتعنخآمون #ancient #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #Τουταγχαμών #тутанхамон #투탕카
2/ This solid gold statuette of Tutankhamun shows him as a child-king holding the crook & flail scepters. #Mythology #Art #Gold #Egypt #Archaeology #AncientArt #History #Jewelry #Ancient #AncientEgypt
#Egypt #Egypte #Egipto #Egito #Αίγυπτος #Ägypten #מִצְרַיִם #Egitto #エジプト
#Egypt #Egypte #Egipto #Egito #Αίγυπτος #Ägypten #מִצְרַיִם #Egitto #エジプト
3/ He squats & wears the Blue Crown & has a necklace of tiny beads. #이집트 #Египет #Єгипет #埃及 #埃及 #Archaeology #archaeohistories #Archäologie #archéologie #考古学 #考古学 #考古學 #arqueología #archeologia #archeologie #पुरातत्व #고고학 #arqueologia #arkeoloji #археологія
1/ T-30 of my Tutankhamun 100 day countdown: Today faience vessels. #Egypt #Archaeology #Tutankhamun #history #Archaeology #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #توتعنخآمون #ancient #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #Τουταγχαμών #тутанхамон #투탕카
2/ Egyptian faience was a kind of glazed pottery, often in a range of blue & blue-green shades. The shiny surface was even compared favorably to gold. Dozens of faience objects were found in Tutankhamun's tomb including ritual vessels.
3/ Ritual vessels were used to pour libations of water & wine. Two common shapes were the tall, slender "Hes-vase" & the squat "Nemset-jar". Both vessels can appear with or without a spout. Egypt #Archaeology #AncientArt #History #Jewelry #Ancient #AncientEgypt
#Egypt #Egypte
#Egypt #Egypte
1/ T-31 of my Tutankhamun 100 day countdown: Today ivory headrest. #Egypt #Archaeology #Tutankhamun #history #Archaeology #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #توتعنخآمون #ancient #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #Τουταγχαμών #тутанхамон #투탕카
2/ Ancient Egyptians used headrests instead of pillows on their beds. Tutankhamun took several of them to the Underworld, which we covered earlier. #Archaeology #archaeohistories #Archäologie #archéologie #考古学 #考古学 #考古學 #arqueología #archeologia #archeologie #αρχαιολογία
1/ T-32 of my Tutankhamun 100 day countdown: Today a golden falcon. #Egypt #Archaeology #Tutankhamun #history #Archaeology #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #توتعنخآمون #ancient #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #Τουταγχαμών #тутанхамон #투탕카
2/ This marvelous gilded wood statue of a falcon with blue glass eye markings has a surprising function. #Mythology #Art #Gold #Egypt #Archaeology #AncientArt #History #Jewelry #Ancient #AncientEgypt
#Egypt #Egypte #Egipto #Egito #Αίγυπτος #Ägypten #מִצְרַיִם #Egitto #エジプト
#Egypt #Egypte #Egipto #Egito #Αίγυπτος #Ägypten #מִצְרַיִם #Egitto #エジプト
1/ T-91 of Tutankhamun 100 day countdown. Today ritual objects & tools. #Egypt #Archaeology #Tutankhamun #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #توتعنخآمون #Tut #Tut100 #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #Τουταγχαμών #тутанхамон #투탕카 #תותאנקאמון
2/ Egyptians tombs contained magical objects & equipment to ensure the deceased's rebirth in the Afterlife. Models of tools, food offerings & ritual implements assisted the dead. In the Middle Kingdom, models of buildings, ships, and scenes of daily life like this granary model
3/ Here is Tutankhamun's granary model. He also had this model mill & stone to grind grain, although he never did such labor in life
1/ T-92 of Tutankhamun 100 day countdown. Today his lamps & lighting kit. #Egypt #Archaeology #Tutankhamun #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #توتعنخآمون #Tut #Tut100 #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #Τουταγχαμών #тутанхамон #투탕카 #תותאנקאמון
2/ Lots of sun in Egypt, but at night & inside buildings ancient Egyptians relied on oil lamps. Houses had a few small windows in living rooms, other rooms were dark. Also dark in the inner sanctums of temples. This oil lamp on a stand is from tomb of Kha at Deir el-Medina.
3/ Scene from tomb of Pashedu at Deir el-Medina showing oil lamps in clay cups with double wicks. Left held by Udjat-eye & right by Pashedu. They lift lamps to illuminate Osiris sitting between them. twisted flax wicks coated in animal fat & sitting in oil worked like candles
1/ It's day T-93 of Tutankhamun 100 day countdown celebrating 100 years since discovery of his tomb. Today its Box Day! #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #Tut #Tut100 #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #Τουταγχαμών #тутанхамон #투탕카 توت عنخ آمون#
2/ Not Boxing day (Dec 26) for those in UK & Canada, but boxes, chests, & caskets from Tutankhamun's tomb. Egyptians didn't have wardrobes & dressers. Elite stored their stuff in boxes. Carter found dozens of wood boxes in the tomb from plain to lavish.
1/ Tutankhamun 100 day countdown T-94. Today, moon gods & lunar symbolism. #Egypt #Archaeology #History #Tutankhamun #Tutankhamen #Toutankhamon #エジプト #Tutancâmon #Tutanchamun #Tut #Tut100 #Tutankamón #ツタンカーメン #图坦卡蒙 #圖坦卡蒙 #Τουταγχαμών #투탕카 توت عنخ آمون#
2/ The moon was just as meaningful as the sun to Ancient Egyptians. Thoth and Khonsu were both lunar deities. Khonsu was the eternally youthful god reborn monthly through lunar cycle. This statue from Karnak Temple depicts Tutankhamun as Khonsu. #Eygpt #Mythology #Archaeology
3/ Thoth, god of Wisdon & writing was also a lunar god. His sacred animals were the Ibis & Baboon
Looking forward to listening in to #PerformingTut today from @UoBEgyptology @EllieCDobson - round table intros kicking off with @fkeshk Elizabeth Frood @GriffithOxford @danielarosenow & @RichardParkins5 @UniofOxford
Elizabeth Frood talks about the colourisation process of Tutankhamun in Colour & creation myths flagged by @photograph_tut in retellings of the discovery. Nothing surpasses an encounter with the objects themselves - & there are so many stories we will explore today #PerformingTut
Next @RichardParkins5 talks about @bodleianlibs #ExcavatingtheArchive exhibition - moving beyond imperial nostalgia & the ‘Downton Abbey’ popular gold approach. Looking at the archives. Shifting the paradigm from treasure to a much more complex historical process. #PerformingTut
I've always been fascinated by this guy, the Overseer of the House of Silver in the reign of #Tutankhamun, called Maya, the owner of a splendid tomb at #Saqqara...
... In it he says, “I was the mouth of the king in order to make splendid the temples, to fashion the images of the gods. I was one who entered and saw the House of Gold, in order to propitiate their statues” ...
... and he donated this lovely wooden image of Tut on a bier for the royal tomb. The inscription reads: 'Made by the effective servant for his lord, who seeks effectively in the place of eternity, overseer of building works in the place of eternity… Maya' 🧡...
One finds some astonishing remains of the 2-5 millenia old #AncientEgypt civilisation at the #EgyptianMuseum. Some exhibits are in unbelievable state of preservation with original colours and carvings. Egyptologists have tried to piece together... (1/5)
the stories of pharaonic dynasties, their rulers, priests, subjects, society, palace intrigues, royal relationships, gods and goddesses. The picture that emerges is of a civilisation that the world has yet to surpass in sophistication in many aspects. (2/5)
#Egypt #Egyptology
#Egypt #Egyptology
1. Inside the tomb of a pharaoh in its original condition.
2. 3500 year old throne of #Tutankhamun, his wife applying perfumed oil on his body.
3. A chest studded with what ivory inserts carved with curious looking figures. Look closely. (3/5)
#AncientEgypt #Pharaohs
2. 3500 year old throne of #Tutankhamun, his wife applying perfumed oil on his body.
3. A chest studded with what ivory inserts carved with curious looking figures. Look closely. (3/5)
#AncientEgypt #Pharaohs
Reference made to Elgin stealing the marbles of the Parthenon in the last episode of @ITV's #Tutankhamun ...
I wonder why @ITV has it in #Tutankhamun. Here's the position of @britishmuseum regarding characterisation 'stolen' britishmuseum.org/about_us/news_…
And here is the official position of the Greek government (in Greek) yppo.gr/4/marm/mindex2… @ITV @britishmuseum
