king tuts tomb
TUTANKHAMUN “living image of Amun”
12th pharaoh of 18TH dynasty of Egypt appointed pharaoh age 9 in 1334-1323 BC during period of “New Kingdom”
Died at around 18 or 19 in 1352 B.C. death unknown
Located in the Valley of the Kings (upper Egypt west of nile) – contains many tomb of kings from the New kingdom
Howard Carter – worked in Egypt for 31 years before discovery, started at 17 copying wall scenes and inscriptions.
In 1907, George Herbert the 5th was the Earl of Canarvan place in England (Lord Canarvan) hired Howard Carter after his first season of searching for sites was unsuccessfull. Canarvan funded Carter’s whole excavation, and if it wasn’t for Lord Canarvan, he would not have been able to fund it himself. They Discovered the Tomb on November 4th 1922. The tomb was incredibly well intact, which was quite astounding for them to see, because most others found were pretty well destroyed. It had over 3,500 objects in it and took around ten years to excavate and unveil because he took a photo, Drawed it, and catalougued it every single artefact
Layout – antechamber largest room, found 6 dismantled chariots, animal couches, chests, bows and arrows, 2 large statues of the king guarding a sealed doorway everything was stored messily which indicated robbery probably by the guards
Annex (like a storeroom) - smallest room contained more than half of tombs contents. Hundreds of reed baskets and pottery jars, elaborate urns intricate designs and some royal furniture such as couches
Burial chamber – only room with wall paintings. where the kings sarcophagus (coffin) lay. There were 3 coffins making up the sarcophagus they all had faces on them. and the lid alone weighed over 1 and a quarter tone. 4 shrines, took 4 months to dismantle, very brittle some parts weight almost a tonne. He put off working on them for 4 years so he could work on the mummy. The mummy had over 143 jewels and amulets on it or in the wrappings, gold mask, headdress, fake beard
12th pharaoh of 18TH dynasty of Egypt appointed pharaoh age 9 in 1334-1323 BC during period of “New Kingdom”
Died at around 18 or 19 in 1352 B.C. death unknown
Located in the Valley of the Kings (upper Egypt west of nile) – contains many tomb of kings from the New kingdom
Howard Carter – worked in Egypt for 31 years before discovery, started at 17 copying wall scenes and inscriptions.
In 1907, George Herbert the 5th was the Earl of Canarvan place in England (Lord Canarvan) hired Howard Carter after his first season of searching for sites was unsuccessfull. Canarvan funded Carter’s whole excavation, and if it wasn’t for Lord Canarvan, he would not have been able to fund it himself. They Discovered the Tomb on November 4th 1922. The tomb was incredibly well intact, which was quite astounding for them to see, because most others found were pretty well destroyed. It had over 3,500 objects in it and took around ten years to excavate and unveil because he took a photo, Drawed it, and catalougued it every single artefact
Layout – antechamber largest room, found 6 dismantled chariots, animal couches, chests, bows and arrows, 2 large statues of the king guarding a sealed doorway everything was stored messily which indicated robbery probably by the guards
Annex (like a storeroom) - smallest room contained more than half of tombs contents. Hundreds of reed baskets and pottery jars, elaborate urns intricate designs and some royal furniture such as couches
Burial chamber – only room with wall paintings. where the kings sarcophagus (coffin) lay. There were 3 coffins making up the sarcophagus they all had faces on them. and the lid alone weighed over 1 and a quarter tone. 4 shrines, took 4 months to dismantle, very brittle some parts weight almost a tonne. He put off working on them for 4 years so he could work on the mummy. The mummy had over 143 jewels and amulets on it or in the wrappings, gold mask, headdress, fake beard