Tut

In 1920 Howard Carter discovered what was to be one of the most prodigious archaeology finds of our time the tomb of King Tutancamun.

After spread a small hole in the doorway of the rock music entrance to the tomb, Carters first sight was that of two strange soot grisly black effigies of a king, gold sandaled, bearing staff and mace, loomed push through from the cloak of darkness; multicolour inlaid, and ornamental caskets, flowers, alabaster vases more or less beauti in fully executed of lotus and papyrus device, strange black shrines with a gilded monster snake appearing from within, instead ordinary looking white chests finely carved chairs, a golden inlaid throne a heap of liberal curious white ouiform boxes; a lotiform wishing cup in translucent alabaster, stools of all shapes and design of both common and exalted materials and parts of chariots glinting with gold SEE PICTURE at a lower place This was called the ante bedroom. After the antechamber the next room was the burial chamber on Nov 17th Carter made a hole heavy(a) enough to see into the chamber an astonishing sight was revealed stretching as far as the eye could see was a solid wall of gold.

SEE PICTURE Almost the total chamber was filled with an enormous shrine, constructed of gessoed cedar covered with tab gold inlaid with blue faience, measuring seventeen feet by eleven feet.

The walls of the chamber had been coated with a gypsum plaster and painted yellow, with the exception of a dado, painted white and were covered with ghastly scenes painted in the amarnan style, a manner different from each others found in the valley of the kings.

RECONSTRUCTED SAMPLES ARE SHOWN at a lower place The west wall was the focus of the burial chamber. The upper read is occupied by the solar barque (boat) Below squal 12 baboon dieties of the first 12 hours of the...

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