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.
4/ The bases of the royal & leopard statues, & leopard's body are covered in black pitch. The big cat's eyebrows, ears & muzzle are gilded
5/ detail of the leopard #Mythology #Art #Gold #Egypt #Archaeology #AncientArt #History #Jewelry #Ancient #AncientEgypt #Egypt #Egypte #Egipto #Egito #Αίγυπτος #Ägypten #מִצְרַיִם #Egitto #エジプト #이집트 #Египет #Єгипет #埃及 #埃及 #مصر
6/ Tutankhamun holds a staff & a flail, similar to 2 more statues without a leopard #Archaeology #archaeohistories #Archäologie #archéologie #考古学 #考古学 #考古學 #arqueología #archeologia #archeologie #αρχαιολογία #पुरातत्व #고고학 #arqueologia #arkeoloji #археологія
7/ both leopard statues depict Tutankhamun wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt.
8/ detail of the king's body showing the "Amarna belly" & royal kilt with belt-apron
9/ head & chest of the other leopard statue. The gold is reddish colored & the eyes and cobra emblem are black bronze.
10/ One of the leopard statues alongside other gilded statues from the tomb.
11/ Henry Burton's excavation photo showing the gilded wooden statues in their shrines & wrapped in linen.
12/ Tomorrow on my Tutankhamun 100 day countdown to the centenary of his tomb's discovery, the 3 large animal-shaped funerary couches from the antechamber.
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