Tutankhamun Treasures
A Loan Exhibition from the
Department of Antiquities
of the United Arab Republic

Sponsored by the American Association of Museums

Circulated by the Smithsonian Institution

Front Cover:

This is a very lovely museum book about the treasures found in Egyptian tombs, primarily that of Tutankhamun (Tutankhamen). The book was published circa 1961 by the Association of Museums. The soft cover book measures 7 inches by 9 ¾ inches and contains 48 pages. The cover is bound by stitching and is securely fastened. The cover shows signs of wear but is in good condition. The pages are printed on good quality paper and show no signs of rips. Most of the first half of the book is entirely text. Most of the second half of the book contains illustrations and accompanying text. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this old book is near very good.


Title Page (the left side being the inside front cover)


Gold pectoral with chain and counterpoise. The pectoral itself is in the form of a hawk with extended wings, the body consisting of an openwork cage of gold containing a green stone, and the rest of the figure being gold inlaid with semi-precious stones and colored glass. A sun-disk surmounts the hawk’s head. The counterpoise is in the from of a human heart. 3 ½ inches wide.


Top: Amulet of green feldspar set in gold. Found upon the neck of the mummy, it represents the funerary god Anubis. 2 inches high.

Bottom: Amulet in sheet gold in the form of a winged cobra with human head, representing the goddess Wazit of Lower Egypt. The feathers and the scales of the composite deity are finely chased in the soft metal. Found on the neck of the mummy. 5 ¼ inches wide.


Top: Toe stalls of sheet gold, used to protect the bandaged toes of the mummy. From the tomb of Sheshonk at Tanis about 950 B.C. Similar to examples in the Tutankhamun tomb. Largest 3 ¼ inches.

Bottom: Funerary sandal of gold from the mummy of King Sheshonk. From Tanis about 950 B.C. Similar to an example in the Tutankhamun tomb. 10 ¾ inches long.

Excerpt - Foreword:
Tutankhamun has a fame paralleled by no other king of ancient Egypt. When his name comes to mind, it immediately recalls for us not only the fabulous wealth of antiquity but also the unique royal treasure that the tomb of this young monarch had succeeded in preserving almost intact. He died a youth but, though his reign was short and he himself so young, the discovery of the tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1922 ensured for him a world-wide renown that will endure for all foreseeable time. The acclamation with which it was received imbued the imaginations even of our young children. The discovery was and has remained unique, the answer to an archaeologist’s dream…
End excerpt


Gold bracelet inlaid with semi-precious stones. The design represents the Eye of Horus. On the inside of the bracelet are inscribed the names of King Sheshonk I of the Twenty-second Dynasty. Found in the tomb of a king also named Sheshonk at Tanis in Lower Egypt, discovered in 1939. Similar to an example in the Tutankhamun tomb. 2 ¾ inches in diameter.


Emblem on back cover.

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