Comments | melegyrn: King Tut--First Round

melegyrn

King Tut--First Round

Jul 27, 2012 08:45

Besides Tut himself, I found a few others that captured my imagination.

One was Queen Meritamun. This is her inner coffin.

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king tut, osiris, meritamun, king psusennes

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trenton22 July 28 2012, 10:35:53 UTC

Thanks for posting these. I think I've missed the Tut exhibit in two cities. Now I want to see it in person.
Question: what's the scale of these objects? (Even approximately.)

melegyrn July 28 2012, 17:40:29 UTC

My pleasure ( ... )

gamiila July 28 2012, 12:35:27 UTC

Wonderful pictures! I photographed the exact same objects in the Egyptian Museum some years ago (my word! it's been 11 years since I was last in Egypt!), but it looks as if they've been displayed to far better effect in this exhibition than they are in their home environment.

melegyrn July 28 2012, 17:24:47 UTC

I bow to you, o lucky person that has been to Egypt!

I saw a photo of Queen Meritamun's coffin case on the Internet and it (I want to say "she") was flat on her back, though I don't know where the photo was taken. It was much more impressive, I think, to see the coffin case standing up. I don't have much to compare to, but I think they've done a great job with the exhibit.

Note the correction to my original entry--the gold mask is not Tut but King Psusennes I. It's such a focal point that I made the same mistake while doing my post as I did at the exhibit, thinking this must be King Tut.