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Oriental Institute: The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun
In 1923, the tomb of King Tut was finally unsealed by the British excavation team led by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon. This exhibit from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago offers an image gallery of photographs taken...
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Eternal Egypt: Glove of King Tutankhamun
The glove of King Tutankhamun is the same as a modern glove, in the shape of the hand and have five fingers. Most probably, gloves in ancient Egypt were not used to keep the hands warm, but were worn for horse riding, so were made of...
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Eternal Egypt: Headrest of King Tutankhamun
Headrests were used in ancient Egypt to protect the head of the sleeper and ease the circulation of air around the head in the hot summer nights. This headrest of Tutankhamun is similar in shape to a folding stool.
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Eternal Egypt: Head of King Tutankhamun as Amun
Tutankhamun appears here in the guise of Amun wearing the tall twin plumes. Since Tutankhamun's face shows a gentle childlike quality, we can assume it was carved quite early in his reign.
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Eternal Egypt: Head of Tutankhamun
An unusual and appealing small head that is a masterpiece; it was found by Howard Carter at the entrance to King Tutankhamun's tomb. The head is that of the boy pharaoh with very beautiful features, modeled in the Amarna style.
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Eternal Egypt: Sword of Tutankhamun
The sword of King Tutankhamun is a single piece of bronze divided into three parts. The first part is the hilt, which is black. The second and third parts form the blade. It is considered to be ceremonial in purpose.
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx of Tutankhamun
King Tutankhamun is depicted here in the form of a human-headed sphinx wearing the Double Crown.
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Eternal Egypt: Life Sized Statue of Tutankhamun
This life-sized statue of King Tutankhamun acted as a guardian for the tomb and as a Ka, or spirit, statue.
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Eternal Egypt: Senet Game of Tutankhamun
The senet game board of Tutankhamun is made of ivory and ebony. The upper side of the board is divided into 30 squares for the senet game; the object of which was to safely navigate all the pieces off the board, while preventing the...
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Eternal Egypt: Middle Coffin of Tutankhamun
The middle coffin of the three that were originally placed one inside the other in Tutankhamun's tomb. It is made of compact wood, covered with sheets of gold and is inlaid with semiprecious stones and multicolored glass.
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Eternal Egypt: Gilt Fan of King Tutankhamun
This gilt flabellum, or fan, of King Tutankhamun is decorated with scenes of the king hunting ostriches and ducks. It is also ornamented with hieroglyphic texts.
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Eternal Egypt: Model of a Boat of Tutankhamun
This is one of eighteen model boats that were found in the treasury of the tomb of King Tutankhamun. The fleet was to be used by the king on his journey beyond the grave.
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Eternal Egypt: Papyrus Sandals of Tutankhamun
This pair of sandals is one of a hundred pairs of sandals found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. It seems that the king wore this style of footwear during his lifetime.
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Eternal Egypt: Staff With Tutankhamun's Names
This long staff of King Tutankhamun is completely covered with gold. It has glass inlay decorations at the top and beneath the handhold, which is formed like an open lotus flower.
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx Representing Tutankhamun
According to the features of the statue, the deep eye cavities, the channels of beard and the royal head cloth, this sphinx may be attributed to the reign of Tutankhamun.
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Eternal Egypt: Double Vase of King Tutankhamun
This double vase of King Tutankhamun shows the expertise of the ancient Egyptian workers in carving alabaster vessels.
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Eternal Egypt: Small Papyrus Box of Tutankhamun
This unique small box is made of papyrus fiber. The scenes on it suggest it might have been made to keep the objects from the ceremony when King Tutankhamun was crowned.
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Eternal Egypt: Small Seat With Grooves
The piece of furniture from Tutankhamun's antechamber is only 36.5 centimeters high. It might have been a chair that belonged to Tutankhamun as a child.
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Eternal Egypt: Wooden Tag
Wooden tags found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun. The contents of boxes such as gold rings or clothes, were described on the tags.
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Eternal Egypt: Lamp Support
Four unusual lamp supports were found in the antechamber of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of the God Mamu
One of ten statuettes of deities found in twenty-two black boxes with sealed doors in the treasury of the tomb of Tutankhamun. It represents a little-known deity called Mamu.
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Eternal Egypt: Ankhesenpaatun
Ahkhesenpaatun is Akhenaten's daughter who was married to Tutankhamun. After the return to the traditional cult of Amun, her name was changed to Ankhesenamun. She was depicted standing in front of her husband on the back of his throne.
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Eternal Egypt: Amun of Karnak
Amun's fine delicate features are easily identified as those of Tutankhamun. He is striding on his left foot and bears in his hand the Knot of Isis to protect his followers.
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Eternal Egypt: Writer's Palette
This ivory palette bears both the birth name and the throne name of Tutankhamun.