November 02, 2021

153c: The Tomb of Tutankhamun (Part 3)

1 hour 13 minutes

Coffins, Masks, and a Mummy. Within his Burial Chamber, Tutankhamun slept amid gold, glass, wood, and precious stone. His mummy is an extraordinary find, covered with ornaments, amulets, ceremonial clothing, and even weapons. From the famous image of his mummy mask, to a dagger made of "sky rock," the King's body reveals many tantalising stories...

Episode Chapters:

Eight: In the House of Tutankhamun 00:00:10

Nine: The Face of the Pharaoh 00:31:15

Epilogue: A Curious Dagger 01:02:35

Episode details:

Date: c. 1922 CE

King: Neb-kheperu-Ra Tut-ankh-Amun

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Logo image: Tutankhamun and the Royal Ka before Osiris. FactumArte.

Music by Keith Zizza https://www.keithzizza.net/

Music: Michael Levy http://www.ancientlyre.com/

Music by Ancient Lyric http://www.bettinajoydeguzman.com/

Sound interludes by Luke Chaos https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos

Audio mixing/editing by Vincent Cavanagh

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Nicholas Reeves' discussions of the Mummy mask, and its possible ownership. Article 1, 2015, and Article 2, 2015.

For the full archive of Harry Burton’s photographs, showing the tomb of Tutankhamun in its original state, see the Griffith Institute website.

Select Bibliography:

H. Assaad and D. Kolos, The Name of the Dead: Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of the Treasures of Tutankhamun Translated (Missisauga, 1979).

H. Beinlich and M. Saleh, Corpus der Hieroglyphischen Inschriften aus dem Grab des Tutanchamun (Oxford, 1989).

H. Carter, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, II (London, 1927).

D. Comelli et al., ‘The Meteoritic Origin of Tutankhamun’s Iron Dagger Blade’, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 51 (2016), 1301–9.

M. Eaton-Krauss, The Sarcophagus in the Tomb of Tutankhamun (Oxford, 1993).

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).

N. Reeves, The Complete Tutankhamun (Cairo, 1990).

N. Reeves, ‘The Gold Mask of Ankhkheperure Neferneferuaten’, Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 7 (2015), 77–9.

N. Reeves, ‘Tutankhamun’s Mask Reconsidered’, Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar: The Art and Culture of Ancient Egypt: Studies in Honor of Dorothea Arnold 19 (2015), 511–26.

A. Silotti, Guide to the Valley of the Kings and to the Theban Necropolises and Temples (Vercelli, 2000).

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.

H. V. F. Winstone, Howard Carter and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun (London, 1991).

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