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Episodes 14 & 15: King Tut’s Tomb [+Extras]

Listen to the episodes HERE on Soundcloud or visit the podcast on iTunes, either through the Podcasts App (just search for “Stuff about Things Art History”) or by clicking HERE. Happy listening!

Recommended Sources and Links:

  • Documentaries:
    • Tut’s Treasures: Hidden Secrets – A 2018 documentary in conjunction with the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, where all 5,398 items found in King Tut’s tomb are reunited for the first time since their discovery in 1922 [made for National Geographic, streaming on Hulu]
    • King Tut Unwrapped: Life and Death – BBC documentary with all of your usual suspects: dramatic voiceover, Zahi Hawass, historical reenactments…
    • Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings – TV miniseries hosted by Egyptologist Joann Fletcher exploring what life and death was like during the time of Tutankhamun and his ancestors. 
  • “Fun” Media: 
    • Tutankhamun – A 2016 4-episode miniseries starring Max Irons as Howard Carter and Sam Neill (of Jurassic Park fame) as Lord Carnarvon. Think Downton-Abbey-meets-Egypt. Much drama. Historically inaccurate. Lots of fun.
    • The Mummy – the 1999 cinematic masterpiece and my favorite movie of all time. A jolly good time [streaming on Netflix]

 

Related Images:

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The Valley of the Kings [image source: Nikola Smolenski via Wikipedia]
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The Valley of the Kings. The entryway to KV62 (Tut’s tomb) is directly in front of the tomb opening at center, hidden by the shoulder of the hill at right.  [image source: Peter Bubenik via Wikipedia]
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L-R: Lord Carnarvon, Lady Evelyn, and Howard Carter in November 1922, just after finding Tut’s tomb. [image source: Harry Burton via Wikipedia]
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Outer entry into King Tut’s tomb [image source: Harry Burton, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg]
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Antechamber wall that leads to the burial chamber of King Tut. Note the guardian figures that flank this door. [image source: Harry Burton, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg]

 

 

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The unbroken seal on the third of the four shrines. [image credit: Harry Burton via Wikipedia]
Layout of King Tut’s tomb [image credit: Inside King Tut Tomb]
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Four shrines and the quartz sarcophagus [Image credit: Wikipedia]
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Two of Tut’s three coffins [image source: CET Luxor, via Flickr]
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Tut’s burial mask, 26 pounds of solid gold [image source: Roland Unger via Wikipedia]
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Facial reconstruction of Tutankhamun’s face [image source: Atelier Daynes & National Geographic]

Gus Edits:

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Original: Raphael, The Sistine Madonna, 1512, oil on canvas, in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, Germany.
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Original: M.C. Escher, Hand with Reflecting Sphere, 1935, lithograph. This particular impression is the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

 

Gussy on the Grande Jatte
Original: George Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-86, oil on canvas, in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Thank you for listening! More soon. 

-Lindsay

 

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