“Wonderful Things.”
That quote is from Howard Carter when he first peered into the tomb 𓇋𓐫𓊃𓉐 of Tutankhamun 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓅱𓏏𓋹𓋾𓉺𓇓. Honestly, every time I walk through a museum all I can think is “Wonderful Things” – I feel like that sums up my feelings pretty well!
While I have posted this picture 𓏏𓅱𓏏 before, it is one of my absolute favorites and one of the many wonderful things that I have seen! This is my Nonno and I with Tutankhamun 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓅱𓏏𓋹𓋾𓉺𓇓 at the British Museum! I am posting this again because today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 is the 100 𓏲 year anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓅱𓏏𓋹𓋾𓉺𓇓 tomb 𓇋𓐫𓊃𓉐!
As a child (and even now) I love the story about how Tutankhamun’s 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓅱𓏏𓋹𓋾𓉺𓇓 tomb 𓇋𓐫𓊃𓉐 was discovered! The funerary mask, Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣 shrine, cartouche box, and so many of the other artifacts in the tomb 𓇋𓐫𓊃𓉐 completely fascinated me and definitely played a part in me becoming so interested in ancient Egypt 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 as a child. I have my Nonno to thank for telling me about Tutankhamun 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓅱𓏏𓋹𓋾𓉺𓇓 and for encouraging my love and fascination with Egyptian history!
In this particular statue 𓏏𓅱𓏏𓀾, Tutankhamun 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓅱𓏏𓋹𓋾𓉺𓇓 is wearing the nemes head cloth 𓈖𓅓𓋴, false beard, and broad collar 𓅱𓋴𓐍𓎺𓋝. These are all very common things for pharaohs 𓉐𓉻𓏦 to wear to represent themselves as pharaoh 𓉐𓉻, which Tutankhamun 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓅱𓏏𓋹𓋾𓉺𓇓 felt he needed to do in order to legitimize his rule 𓋾. The bottom part of the statue is 𓏏𓅱𓏏𓀾 decorated with lotus flowers 𓆸𓏪 and papyrus reeds 𓏠𓈖𓎛𓆰.