Profiled
by Rosita Larsson
Title
Profiled
Artist
Rosita Larsson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Tutankhamun Exhibition in Stockholm .....Here: Tutankhamun's death mask......Hieroglyphics gold priceless treasures and fascinating stories an era that always intrigued and puzzled .............. Tutankhamun,..................................... birth name Tutankhaton (This name, which literally means “living image of the Aten”, reflected the fact that Tutankhaten’s parents worshipped a sun god known as “the Aten”)
After a few years on the throne the young king (About 9 years old) changed his religion, abandoned the Aten, and started to worship the god Amun[who was revered as king of the gods. This caused him to change his name to Tutankhamun, or “living image of Amun”.. .............1341 BC, 1323 BC, was an Egyptian pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty during a period known as the New kingdom.
In 1922, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered Tutankhamun’s near-intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings. The king’s mummified body still lay, surrounded by precious grave goods, in his golden coffin. Today, Tutankhamun is ancient Egypt’s most famous pharaoh
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January 11th, 2018
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Randy Burns
Rosita, I would have loved to seen this exhibition. What a great profile view of Tutankhamen. F/L/TW.
Angeles M Pomata
It's so mind-boggling when one thinks of the age of this piece, my friend!! Awesome photo! L/F/T
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