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“Wonderful Things”

β€œWonderful Things.” 

That quote is from Howard Carter when he first peered into the tombΒ π“‡‹π“«π“Šƒπ“‰Β of TutankhamunΒ π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–π“π“…±π“π“‹Ήπ“‹Ύπ“‰Ίπ“‡“. Honestly, every time I walk through a museum all I can think is β€œWonderful Things” – I feel like that sums up my feelings pretty well!Β 

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 π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–𓏏𓅱𓏏𓋹𓋾𓉺𓇓 at the British Museum! I am posting this again because today π“‡π“‡‹π“ˆ–𓇳 is the 100 𓏲 year anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–𓏏𓅱𓏏𓋹𓋾𓉺𓇓 tomb π“‡‹π“«π“Šƒπ“‰! 

As a child (and even now) I love the story about howΒ Tutankhamun’sΒ π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–π“π“…±π“π“‹Ήπ“‹Ύπ“‰Ίπ“‡“Β tomb π“‡‹π“«π“Šƒπ“‰Β was discovered! The funerary mask, AnubisΒ π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“Šͺ𓅱𓃣 shrine, cartouche box, and so many of the other artifacts in the tomb π“‡‹π“«π“Šƒπ“‰ completely fascinated me and definitely played a part in me becoming so interested in ancient EgyptΒ π“†Žπ“…“π“π“Š–Β as a child. I have my Nonno to thank for telling me about TutankhamunΒ π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–π“π“…±π“π“‹Ήπ“‹Ύπ“‰Ίπ“‡“Β and for encouraging my love and fascination with Egyptian history!Β 

In this particular statue 𓏏𓅱𓏏𓀾, Tutankhamun π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–𓏏𓅱𓏏𓋹𓋾𓉺𓇓 is wearing the nemes head cloth π“ˆ–π“…“π“‹΄, false beard, and broad collar π“…±π“‹΄π“π“ŽΊπ“‹. These are all very common things for pharaohs π“‰π“‰»π“¦ to wear to represent themselves as pharaoh π“‰π“‰», which Tutankhamun π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–𓏏𓅱𓏏𓋹𓋾𓉺𓇓 felt he needed to do in order to legitimize his rule π“‹Ύ. The bottom part of the statue is π“π“…±π“π“€Ύ decorated with lotus flowers π“†Έπ“ͺ and papyrus reeds π“ π“ˆ–π“Ž›π“†°.