Well pleased with his success, Tutankhamun rides at a leisurely pace, carrying a bunch of wing feathers under his arm and preceded by two attendants carrying the ostriches he has just felled. Compared to the great funerary mask, or the Anubis shrine, of course, this might seem like nothing...
This allows us to view the artefacts – among them statues, jewellery and details of the shrines, sarcophagus and funeral mask – in extraordinary detail. The edition is beautifully presented and finished: the winged goddess motifs on the slipcase are the work of the acclaimed illustrator and ...