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
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
5/ side view of the statuette #arkeologi #археология #مصر
6/ frontal view of the statuette. The braided gold rope indicates it could be worn like a necklace--a heavy one!
7/ Another statuette made of blue glass depicts the king as a child, this time with his finger in his mouth, symbolizing childhood.
8/ Only 20 more days until the end of my Tutankhamun 100 day countdown to the centenary of his tomb's discovery. Tomorrow, statues of Tutankhamun on a leopard
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