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@PeterBrandEgypt
Nov 4, 2022 • 10 tweets • 11 min read • Read on X
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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
4/ the coffin has minimal inlays of glass & semi-precious stones, mainly its scepters & the two vulture goddesses wrapping their wings around the king protecively
5/ The entire coffin is engraved with feather patterns & images of the goddesses Isis & Nut, sisters of Osiris, protecting the king who became Osiris in death.
6/ The gold is mesmerizing, but the workmanship is so fine it would be a masterpiece even if it was made of a lesser metal.
7/ The eyes are outlined in blue glass, but the eye inlays disintegrated shortly after discovery. Around the neck is a Shebyu-collar which marked the king's deification. The gold served to transform the king into a god, especially the sun-god Re, whose flesh was gold.
8/ even the foot plate is decorated with an image of the goddess Isis spreading her wings to protect the king who has become her brother Osiris
9/ Its not too late to come to my lecture on Tutankhamun's golden afterlife this evening at the University of Memphis or to watch it live on zoom. The lecture starts at 7 PM central time
10/ Reception begin at 6:30 PM and the presentation will start at 7:00 PM. The presentation will be in-person at the University Center Fountain View Room (350) and will be live on zoom.

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Dec 25, 2025
1/ Merry Christmas! A favored part of the Nativity story in art is the Holy Family's flight into Egypt, especially the theme of rest on the flight. Modern versions often have pharaonic monuments like this image of Mary & her child asleep on a sphinx #Christmas #Egypt #NATIVIDAD Image
2/ Since the Middle Ages, the Flight into Egypt occurs in art including stained glass & stone carvings in cathedrals #noel2025 #noelleholiday #Weihnachten #Xmas #Christmas2025 #ChristmasEve #Natale #Natale2025 Image
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3/ In the Renaissance, the Flight to Egypt remained popular with famous artists like Giotto. The Gospel of Matthew never mentions a donkey but artists consistently render Mary & Jesus on a donkey, often led by Joseph as a symbol of humility. #VirginMary #jesuschrist #ChristmasDay Image
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Nov 9, 2025
1/ Let's have some fun with debunking my favorite internet ancient Egypt conspiracy theory (that's not about the Pyramids). The infamous "Abydos Helicopter"
The most recent bleat about this was @darkjournalist who claims this "stele" proves the Egyptians had advanced tech #Egypt Image
2/ Not just helicopters, "high tech airships" that they "inherited from an older civilization. @darkjournalist claims "There's been an effort to suppress this powerful image but it has failed." Well, no. The image & theory have been around since the internet got big in 1995. O
3/ The inscription comes from Sety I's temple at Abydos. Sety left the temple partly unfinished & his son Ramesses II completed it. Some places Ramesses carved over his father's inscriptions. This happened here too. #archaeohistories #ancient #Ramesses #antiquity #history #art
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Mar 14, 2023
1/ today some weird and wonderful early writings of Ramesses II's cartouche names as he experimented with different styles in the first year of his reign. For reference here is the standard form of his cartouches used throughout most of his long 2reign Image
2/ a pair of early cartouches on a statue in the Luxor museum 3 Image
3/ several unusual writings of Ramesses II's nomenclature and prenomen cartouches turn up in the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak. These are nomens ImageImage
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Mar 14, 2023
1/ recently cleaned columns in the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak. ImageImage
2/ a large team of Egyptian conservators are doing amazing work restoring the columns ImageImage
3/ information poster about the restoration work ImageImageImageImage
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Mar 13, 2023
1/ visited the exquisite tomb of Ramesses II's favored consort Nefertari the other day. Image
2/ the funerary priest called the Iuwnmutef-priest wearing a panther skin robe3 ImageImage
3/ Nefertari 's cartouche Image
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Nov 3, 2022
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
3/ Chairs symbolized elite status & the golden throne enhanced Tutankhamun's authority & prestige. Its back has an image of the king & Queen Ankhesenamun #Египет #Єгипет #埃及 #埃及
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