Tut's Coffins
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Tut's Coffins
Has anyone read/heard why four coffins?
The faces all look different.
Did any other pharaoh/queen have that many? Unique, as far as I know. Correct me if you know better.
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Re: Tut's Coffins
Nested coffins ....sometimes as many as eight.....were the norm for elite burials.
https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/rese ... ffins.html
Few pharoahs' mummies were found in situ.....apart from Tut.....but it's pretty certain they received similar burials. The burial of Psusennes I (the "silver" pharoah), was affected by the damp conditions of the delta. I can't recall the fate of any wooden coffins but the silver anthropoid coffin is magnificent. It lay inside a red sarcophagus recycled from Merenptah.
The other VoK burial that springs to mind is Yuya & Tjuyu....Yuya had 2/3 coffins and Tjuyu 2.
It seems clear that not all Tut's coffins were originally made for him....hence the variation in features. I imagine there would be some variation even without that.
https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/rese ... ffins.html
Few pharoahs' mummies were found in situ.....apart from Tut.....but it's pretty certain they received similar burials. The burial of Psusennes I (the "silver" pharoah), was affected by the damp conditions of the delta. I can't recall the fate of any wooden coffins but the silver anthropoid coffin is magnificent. It lay inside a red sarcophagus recycled from Merenptah.
The other VoK burial that springs to mind is Yuya & Tjuyu....Yuya had 2/3 coffins and Tjuyu 2.
It seems clear that not all Tut's coffins were originally made for him....hence the variation in features. I imagine there would be some variation even without that.
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Re: Tut's Coffins
Thanks newcastle, very interesting. I thought something similar, just haven't had time to google lately.
I've always visited Psusennes I's coffin when visiting Tut's, as I think it's just as magnificent and interesting.
You might like this that I just came across a couple of minutes ago:
I've always visited Psusennes I's coffin when visiting Tut's, as I think it's just as magnificent and interesting.
You might like this that I just came across a couple of minutes ago:
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