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KV54 - Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

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Material related to the discovery of Tutankhamun's funerary embalming cache, mentioned on 12/31/1907 in the Andrews diaries "only a pit with large vases - some sealed - some more or less broken".

Collection Items

Cylindrical bag of sawdust from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:Reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54),…

Mud Sealing Attached to a Fiber Tie from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Sharpened Sticks from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Fragmentary Impression of the Necropolis Seal from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Fragmentary Seal Impression from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Water Bottle from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Jar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Painted Bowl from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Amphora from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Painted Jar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Dish from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Papyrus Lid from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Papyrus Lid from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton…

Bag of Natron from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:Reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54),…

Model Dish from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Kerchief from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Blue Kerchief from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Floral Collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Floral collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Linen from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton…

Mummy Bandage from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…

Storage Jar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations,…
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