How the excavation of Tutankhamen was reported by

The Illustrated London News 1929 - July 6th

 

tut 1929 new treasures

176. New treasures from Tutankhamen's tomb
First Series - The King's Hat-box, "Shirt Boxes",
Head-Rests, and "Table centre"

 

 

1928 new treasures looted

177. "About as systematic as an earthquake" : The looted annexe.

 

 

1929 tut dwarf

178. ...Tutankhamen's alabaster boat.
Steered by an achondroplasic female dwarf

 

 

1929 tut female alabaster dwarf

179. Tutankhamen's alabaster boat - A Beautiful "Table Centre"

"Perhaps a funeral barque for the celestial journey of the 'Good God'-The King :
A masterpiece of carving in alabaster, from the annexe in Tutankhamen's tomb.

 

 

1929 tut treasure relics

180. New Tutankhamen relics: Head Rests; "Shirt Box"; Linen - Chests

 

 

1929 tut

181. Exquisite examples of Egyptian Art: Tutankhamen's head-rests.

 

 

1929 tut shirt box

Tutankhamen's "Shirt-Box": A casket of Ebony and Cedar

With an open-work frieze symbolising "Wealth and Health":
Tutankhamen's ebony and cedar casket (probably intended for linen garments,
like it's fellow (pic 180. above), but found containing head rests)

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