153e: The Tomb of Tutankhamun (Part 5)

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Treasured Heirlooms. East of the Burial Chamber, in Tutankhamun's tomb, the per hedj ("Treasury") contained a smorgasbord of beautiful objects. Some of these were sacred, like the canopic vessels for Tutankhamun's organs. Others were symbolic, connecting the pharaoh with great gods like Osiris. And still others were curious, including some "heirlooms" from earlier rulers and generations... Episode Chapters: Chapter 13: Anubis and the King 00:00:13 Chapter 14: The Heirlooms of Akhenaten 00:24:30 Episode Links: Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net Sound interludes by Luke Chaos https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos. See other shows from the Agora Podcast Network. Select Bibliography: J. P. Allen, ‘The Original Owner of Tutankhamun’s Canopic Coffins’, in Z. Hawass and J. H. Wegner (eds.), Millions of Jubilees: Studies in Honor of David P. Silverman (Cairo, 2010), 27—41. H. Assaad and D. Kolos, The Name of the Dead: Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of the Treasures of Tutankhamun Translated (Missisauga, 1979). H. Beinlich and M. Saleh, Corpus der Hieroglyphischen Inschriften aus dem Grab des Tutanchamun (Oxford, 1989). H. Carter, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, 3vols, 1927 – 1933. J. Černý, Hieratic Inscriptions from the Tomb of Tut’ankhamūn (Oxford, 1965). A. Dodson, ‘Crown Prince Djhutmose and the Royal Sons of the Eighteenth Dynasty’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 76 (1990), 87–96. A. Dodson, ‘Canopics’, in R. H. Wilkinson and K. R. Weeks (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings (New York, 2014), 260—274. M. Eaton-Krauss, The Unknown Tutankhamun (London, 2016). J. R. Harris, ‘Akhenaten and Neferneferuaten in the Tomb of Tut’ankhamūn’, in N. Reeves (ed.), After Tutankhamūn: Research and Excavation in the Royal Necropolis at Thebes (London, 1992), 55—72. Z. Hawass, Discovering Tutankhamun: From Howard Carter to DNA (Cairo, 2013). Z. Hawass and S. Vannini, Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb (London, 2018). N. Reeves, The Complete Tutankhamun (Cairo, 1990). K. R. Weeks, ‘The Component Parts of KV Royal Tombs’, in R. H. Wilkinson and K. R. Weeks (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings (New York, 2014), 98—117. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Chapter 13, Anubis and the King
0:43.7	Howard Carter and his team worked in the burial chamber for months.
0:48.3	From December 1923 to October 1926, work proceeded in Tutankhamund's House of Gold,
0:57.0	the Pair and Nebu. That was a long time, certainly the longest period devoted to a single room
1:04.7	in the tomb. To be clear, they did not work day in day out every month and year.
1:11.0	The excavation went in seasons, generally 8-12 weeks during the Egyptian winter.
1:16.9	And between December 1923 and October 1926, there were various disputes that interrupted the work.
1:25.6	Those are stories for the future. The point is, Carter spent a long time in the burial chamber alone.
1:33.3	It makes sense to Tutankhamund's shrines, sarcophagus, coffins, mask and mummy are stand-out items.
1:40.8	Each one required special care and attention, so we can understand.
1:46.1	But still, imagine the relief when finally they finished this room.
1:52.4	On 23 October 1926, Howard Carter and his colleagues returned the mummy of Tutankhamund to its sarcophagus.
2:01.8	Ever since the discovery, it was Carter's wish and Lord Canavins that Tutankhamund remain in his tomb.
2:09.4	The King should not go to Cairo or any museum. He should lie as he was found in the burial chamber.
2:16.4	To do that, the excavators cleaned and restored his coffin, the first or largest coffin.
2:22.7	They placed that in the sarcophagus and then laid the mummy within.
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