Mummy Bandage from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache, ca. 1336–1327


Mummy Bandage from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1336–1327 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08, Linen, L. 165 cm (64 15/16 in.); W. 6 cm (2 3/8 in.), In December 1907 Theodore M. Davis, a wealthy American who was funding excavations in the Valley of the Kings, discovered a small pit near the tomb of Seti I. Inside the pit were approximately a dozen large sealed whitewashed storage jars


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