Masterpieces of Tutankhamun - David P. Silverman
KORTE INHOUD
"Can you see anything?" Lord Carnarvon asked the archaeologist Howard Carter as he shone his searchlight through a hole in the door of the tomb that, until that hour, had been sealed for three thousand years.
"Yes, wonderful things," was Carter's reply and perhaps the understatement of the century. For in the tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun, lay objects whose beauty was matched only by their rarity and whose rarity only by their richness: objects of gold, silver, ivory, ebony, and alabaster, many set with precious stones, were strewn about in orderly disarray. It took Carter ten years to sort out and catalogue the objects buried with Tutankhamun: richly decorated chests and chairs, finely worked jewelry, elaborate vessels, weapons, and even gaming boards. And, buried with the king were dazzling funerary objects: statues, masks, and the golden coffin itself.
Recently, the Egyptian government permitted a few of these objects to tour American museums. The Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition drew unprecedented num...
"Yes, wonderful things," was Carter's reply and perhaps the understatement of the century. For in the tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun, lay objects whose beauty was matched only by their rarity and whose rarity only by their richness: objects of gold, silver, ivory, ebony, and alabaster, many set with precious stones, were strewn about in orderly disarray. It took Carter ten years to sort out and catalogue the objects buried with Tutankhamun: richly decorated chests and chairs, finely worked jewelry, elaborate vessels, weapons, and even gaming boards. And, buried with the king were dazzling funerary objects: statues, masks, and the golden coffin itself.
Recently, the Egyptian government permitted a few of these objects to tour American museums. The Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition drew unprecedented num...
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1978Uitgever: Abbeville Press156 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0896590224ISBN-13: 9780896590229Koop dit boek tweedehands
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