thehereticpharaoh:The mummy of Tutankhamun inside his solid gold coffin covered by a sheet and flora
thehereticpharaoh:The mummy of Tutankhamun inside his solid gold coffin covered by a sheet and floral necklaces. These photos of Harry Burton photographer hired by Howard Carter)All wealth left the archaeologists insensitive when they discovered on the mummy a bunch of wild flowers, a tribute of love of Queen Ank-sen-Amon to her deceased husband. It was a bouquet of seeds and flowers made from small heads, lilies and lotuses, whose withered petals still retained a slight color. According to experts, the bouquet must have been placed by the young queen to her husband shortly before the coffin was closed. In view of that, a poetic breath touched the specialists of Egyptology. Carter said that the bouquet caused them the strongest emotion of the day, it was the testimony of love after 3273 years. -- source link
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