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Jul 26, 2019 · This realistic lifesize reproduction of King Tut's ornate sarcophagus stands over 6 feet tall and opens up to reveal 14 storage shelves to place all your tomb-raided loot, books, ancient DVDs and CDs, and other treasures.
Here, museum visitors can see a shield, adorned in cheetah skin, that once belonged to him—but the king's more domestic side is on display, too: a granary and fruit, found inside the tomb,...
Nov 1, 2022 · See the original photographs of the momentous occasion when King Tut’s tomb was opened and explored for the very first time. November 4, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Egyptian Valley of the Kings, a watershed moment for the world of archaeology.
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The tomb of Tutankhamun, also known by its tomb number, KV62, is the burial place of Tutankhamun (reigned c. 1332–1323 BC), a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb consists of four chambers and an entrance staircase and corridor.
- Tut May Not Have Been Frail.
- Tut’s Initial Obscurity Led to His Fame.
- Tut’s Tomb Was A Rushed Job.
- Tut’s Tomb Changed Archaeology and The Antiquities Trade.
Tutankhamun has a reputation as a fragile young man who limped on a clubfoot. Some researchers suspect a weakened immune system set him up for an early death. But “recent research suggests it’s wrong to portray Tut as a fragile pharaoh,” says Egyptologist and mummy researcher Bob Brier, who is an expert on King Tut. His new book Tutankhamun and the...
After Tutankhamun’s death, ancient Egyptian officials did their best to erase historical references to him. His reign was rubbed out because his father, Akhenaten, was a “heretic king” who alienated his own people by banishing the worship of all Egyptian gods save for one. “Akhenaten is the first monotheist recorded in history,” Brier says. Ordinar...
Pharaohs usually prepared their tombs over decades, building many rooms to hold treasures and extravagant coffins. Egyptian traditions required the placement of a mummified body in a tomb about 70 days after death. That amount of time may have allowed a mummy to dry out sufficiently while retaining enough moisture to fold the arms across the body i...
Carter’s stunning discovery occurred as Egyptians were protesting British colonial rule and helped fuel that movement. Among the actions that enraged Egyptian officials: Carter and his financial backer, a wealthy British aristocrat named Lord Carnarvon, sold exclusive newspaper coverage of the excavation to The Timesof London. Things got so bad tha...
Nov 11, 2015 · Now, new scans of King Tutankhamun's burial chamber support a recent theory that the boy-king’s tomb was originally meant for ancient Egypt’s most famous queen—and that her remains...
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Jun 28, 2023 · Inside King Tut’s sarcophagus were three coffins inside of each other, with the innermost coffin featuring the famous Gold Funerary Mask. But, what did King Tut look like in real life, and why is Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus so famous?
