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The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo is an unbelievable
treasure house of riches. As it develops this section of the
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Anyone interested in Akhenaten
and the Amarna period can not fail to be impressed by the Amarna
exhibit in a side room off the main corridor in the Museum. The
first sight is the lid of the KV55 coffin
which is in a glass case in the corridor.
An Amarna Letter
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| Entering the Amarna room attention is immediately
drawn to the 4 colossus statues on the walls (One of which has
now been removed). The remaining 3 show Akhenaten in three radically
different styles, from the traditional Pharaoh in the Nemes headcloth,
via the more rounded figure shown above, to the bizarre androgynous
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In addition to all the stone statues which have endured the
years, there are also many large wooden pieces on display. This
statue shown here is a life size Ka of the Pharaoh Hor. It displays a remarkable state of preservation,
surviving all that the last 4000 years, and particularly the
last 100, could throw at it. |
| The Cairo museum has a splendid array of sculpture on display.
This piece, which I have never seen published previously, shows
the Pharaoh Ramesses III being crowned
by the traditional enemies Horus and Set. |
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The most famous objects in the museum come from the tomb
of Tutankhamun. See many of these, and find out about the most
famous, yet least well known, Pharaoh in the Tutankhamun
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The tomb of Tjuyu and Yuya was, until the discovery of Tutankhamun's, one of the most spectacular
ever found in the Valley of the Kings.
Although the burial was robbed in antiquity, a great deal
of objects not considered valuable by the robbers remained. Both
the mummies were largely intact and were in an amazing state
of preservation.
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| It is thought that Yuya, above, and the Lady Tjuyu, whose
mask is shown on the right were the parents of Amenhotep
III's principal wife Queen Tiye and were thus allowed the
privelige of a burial in the royal valley. |
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