Stig Östlund

fredag, januari 28, 2011

Egypt


Army units have reportedly secured Cairo's Egyptian Museum
— one of the world's great museums that houses artifacts from the tomb of King Tut —
after looters attacked and burned a government building next door.

"The Egyptian Museum's collection includes over 120,000 items. As at the Louvre Museum in Paris, it is necessary to be selective during a visit.
One major highlight is the famous Pharaoh Tutankhamen tomb collection on the museum's upper floor. The tomb of "King Tut" (as he is better known) was found remarkably intact by Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings in 1923. Artifacts on display include the gold funerary mask and sarcophagus, four huge gilded boxes that fit inside each other, an ancient trumpet, thrones, and even a royal toilet seat."


King Tut's Tomb:
 

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