Shrines and Painting.
Tutankhamun’s Burial Chamber is a beautiful space. The decorations, though “simple,” convey a meaningful series of events. The King’s ascent to the sky, his entry to Osiris’ kingdom, and his meeting with various gods, forms a beautiful journey in the afterlife. Also, the King’s shrines (wood and gold) are decorated with complex and fascinating texts. In these chapters, we explore the first set of Tutankhamun’s burial equipment…
Episode Chapters
- Chapter 6: The King of the Golden Hall
- Chapter 7: The Portraits in the West
Episode Links
- Alexandre Piankoff, The Shrines of Tut-Ankh-Amon (1995) on Archive.org.
- For the full archive of Harry Burton’s photographs, showing the tomb of Tutankhamun in its original state, see the Griffith Institute website.
- See a wonderful collection of photos for Tutankhamun’s treasures by Aidan McRae Thompson on Flickr.
- Date: 1922 CE
- Logo image: Tutankhamun and the Royal Ka before Osiris. FactumArte.
- Music by Keith Zizza.
- Music by Michael Levy.
- Music by Ancient Lyric.
- Sound interludes by Luke Chaos.
- Audio mixing/editing by Vincent Cavanagh.
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Bibliography
- H. Assaad and D. Kolos, The Name of the Dead: Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of the Treasures of Tutankhamun Translated (Missisauga, 1979).
- H. Beinlich, ‘Zwischen Tod und Grab: Tutanchamun und das Begräbnisritual’, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 34 (2006), 17–31.
- H. Beinlich and M. Saleh, Corpus der Hieroglyphischen Inschriften aus dem Grab des Tutanchamun (Oxford, 1989).
- H. Carter, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, 3vols, (London, 1927—1933).
- J. C. Darnell, The Enigmatic Netherworld Books of the Solar-Osirian Unity: Cryptographic Compositions in the Tombs of Tutankhamun, Ramesses VI and Ramesses IX (Academic Press, 2004).
- J. C. Darnell and C. Manassa, The Ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books (Atlanta, 2018).
- M. Eaton-Krauss, The Unknown Tutankhamun (London, 2016).
- K. El Mallakh and A. C. Brackman, The Gold of Tutankhamen (First English Language edn, New York, 1978).
- O. Goelet Jr. et al., The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth By Day (Revised edn, San Francisco, 2015).
- Z. Hawass, Discovering Tutankhamun: From Howard Carter to DNA (Cairo, 2013).
- Z. Hawass and S. Vannini, Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb (London, 2018).
- T. Hoving, Tutankhamun: The Untold Story (New York, 1978).
- A. Piankoff, The Shrines of Tut-Ankh-Amon (New York, 1955). Available free online at Archive.org.
- N. Reeves, The Complete Tutankhamun (Cairo, 1990).
- D. P. Silverman, ‘Cryptographic Writing in the Tomb of Tutankhamun’, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 8 (1980), 233–6.
- K. R. Weeks, ‘The Component Parts of KV Royal Tombs’, in R. H. Wilkinson and K. R. Weeks (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings (New York, 2014), 98—117.
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Thanks Susan, I have corrected the problem and it should work now 🙂
Since the male bloodline had died out with Tut, it makes sense that family belongings were buried along with him.