More than 130 complete and fragmentary sticks and staffs were found inside Tutankhamun’s tomb. For a king who died at about nineteen years old, that number seems extraordinary. It has also helped create one of the most persistent images of…
Tutankhamun was buried wearing sandals he could never have walked in. Made from thin sheets of gold, they were placed directly on the young king’s feet before his body was wrapped. Their form resembled real Egyptian footwear, but their material…
When Howard Carter and his team began opening the boxes inside Tutankhamun’s tomb, they encountered treasures far more fragile than gold. Folded inside some of those containers were pieces of ancient clothing, including remarkably simple linen garments that had survived…
Forget Tutankhamun’s gold mask for a moment. Inside his tomb were objects that belonged to a much more familiar world: sandals woven from plant fibers, folded linen, walking sticks, bows and arrows, game equipment, furniture, boxes, food containers, and objects…
When Howard Carter’s team entered Tutankhamun’s tomb, the astonishing survival of its contents seemed almost impossible. Gold still covered royal furniture. Linen, leather, wood, baskets, sandals, plant material, and other fragile substances had endured for more than three millennia. But…
