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
5/ side view of the statuette #arkeologi #археология #مصر Image
6/ frontal view of the statuette. The braided gold rope indicates it could be worn like a necklace--a heavy one! Image
7/ Another statuette made of blue glass depicts the king as a child, this time with his finger in his mouth, symbolizing childhood. Image
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 Image

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Oct 18
2/ Tutankhamun's mummy was protected with elaborate sets of broad collars of gold foil & inlaid gold, shaped like falcons, vultures, & cobras. ImageImage
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
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Oct 18
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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Oct 16
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. Image
3/ These leopard statues were traditional tomb equipment for New Kingdom pharaohs. Tutankhamun's are the most beautiful and complete examples ever found. Image
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Oct 7
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. Image
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 Image
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Oct 4
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
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3/ It was attached to the pole of Tutankhamun's golden state chariot. The solar disk would have appeared behind the head of the king's horses as in this idealized scene of Ramesses II's chariot. #이집트 #Египет #Єгипет #埃及 #埃及 #مصر Image
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