Egypt
Funeral of Tutankhamun
I am probably the last person to catch this article from Archaeology magazine on "The Funeral of Tutankhamun". The article has lots of nice pictures of beautiful artifacts connected to the boy kings funeral.
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Exhibition: Mummies Of The World
The Independent The Egyptian funeral rite of mummification dating back to 2,400 BC in ancient Egypt has always triggered interest in the public worldwide, fueled by people's fascination for death and ancient Egypt. However, a new exhibition of more...
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Exhibition: The Funeral Of Tutankhamun
Archaeology Magazine (Eti Bonn-Muller) With 20-photograph slideshow. Creating a burial as spectacular as that of the pharaoh Tutankhamun required a vast amount of preparation. The exhibition Tutankhamun’s Funeral at New York’s Metropolitan Museum...
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To Bury A Pharaoh
Archaeology Magazine (Eti Bonn-Muller) Met curator Dorothea Arnold takes a fresh look at the leftover materials from Tutankhamun's mummification. More than a century ago, a rather unspectacular discovery was made in Egypt's Valley of the Kings....
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Exhibition: Tutankhmun's Funeral
Art Musum Journal (Stan Parchin) New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art presents the special exhibition Tutankhamun's Funeral from March 16 to September 6, 2010. The installation features 60 objects used in the mummification and religious rituals...
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Exhibition: Tutankhamun's Funeral
Art Daily In 1908, while excavating in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, American archaeologist Theodore Davis discovered about a dozen large storage jars. Their contents included broken pottery, bags of natron (a mixture of sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate,...
Egypt