Our highlight was touring the relics from the tomb of King Tutankhamun (Tut), including his golden mask and throne. A new museum called the Grand Egyptian Museum, is being built in Giza, anticipated to open in 2023. It will have the largest, most complex collection of ancient treasures ...
Howard Carter’s initial involvement in Lord Carnarvon’s search for Tutankhamun resulted from his recommendation as an assistant to ensure proper archaeological recording. The best way to protect and preserve the objects of Tutankhamun’s tomb for the future is to continue to pursue their careful s...
However, high purity alloys, such as those used to produce amulets E7715 and E7669, were employed in Egypt in the production of gold leaves. Examples are the gilded King Tutankhamun's mask and throne [33], the gold foils from different supports found in the Middle Kingdom tombs 381 and ...
Anyway, this is a seasonal post. When I was a boy it was Guy Fawkes night that crystallised the dangerous glamour of the season now upon us; I associate bonfire night with winter funfairs, and the titles ofJourneyto the Unknownevoke all the menace of a darkening pleasure ground. Butghost...
of all the pharaohs, of all the great pyramids & the secret burial chambers, the false doors & the hidden corridors & of all the great curses & of all the prayers said by all the thousands of priests of Ra, that I, Tutankhamun, am the only one to achieve a true & lasting afterlife...
lingo (few Brits would ever employ the word “folks” quite so comfortably). “I mean, why not? It’s something to conquer, America. Texas alone is five times bigger than the U.K., so it’s a big old forkful, but I’ve always wanted to spread myself… um, around the plate.”...