King Tutankhamun Informative Speech
Good Morning/Afternoon students and teachers, my speech that I will be presenting today is on King Tutankhamun’s Golden Throne and The Kings Dagger’s.
The throne is carved from wood is gold plaited and there is some silver overlay as well, its inlaid with multi coloured glass paste, glazed terracotta and semi precious stones. The seat is made from cane and is supported by animal feet.
The Golden Throne is by far the most spectacular of the six chairs found by Howard Carter in the tomb of Tutankhamun. The arm panels of the Throne take the shape of winged uraei surmounted by the double crown of upper and lower Egypt which is regularly associated with the most powerful person in Egypt, the Pharaoh. In this case Tutankhamun.
The Kings Golden Throne has a strong Political composition as the style was popular for royal chairs of the eighteenth dynasty. This is also conveyed on either side of the throne, where a winged cobra wears the double crown. The cobra’s outstretched wings enclose the hieroglyphs for “King of upper and lower Egypt” followed by shen the sign for infinity. A cartouche of the king is at the end of each wing on either side of the chair. And the seat was initially intertwined by lily and papyrus plants which symbolise the unification of the two countries. …show more content…
The elaborate nature and design of the chair emphasises the skill of the Egyptian craftsman at the time of the New Empire and the high economical stature of
The throne is carved from wood is gold plaited and there is some silver overlay as well, its inlaid with multi coloured glass paste, glazed terracotta and semi precious stones. The seat is made from cane and is supported by animal feet.
The Golden Throne is by far the most spectacular of the six chairs found by Howard Carter in the tomb of Tutankhamun. The arm panels of the Throne take the shape of winged uraei surmounted by the double crown of upper and lower Egypt which is regularly associated with the most powerful person in Egypt, the Pharaoh. In this case Tutankhamun.
The Kings Golden Throne has a strong Political composition as the style was popular for royal chairs of the eighteenth dynasty. This is also conveyed on either side of the throne, where a winged cobra wears the double crown. The cobra’s outstretched wings enclose the hieroglyphs for “King of upper and lower Egypt” followed by shen the sign for infinity. A cartouche of the king is at the end of each wing on either side of the chair. And the seat was initially intertwined by lily and papyrus plants which symbolise the unification of the two countries. …show more content…
The elaborate nature and design of the chair emphasises the skill of the Egyptian craftsman at the time of the New Empire and the high economical stature of