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King Tut by Sandro Vannini

King Tut by Sandro Vannini

$70.00 at Brooklyn Museum.

The Boy King's Journey through the UnderworldTutankhamun s royal voyage into paradise, as told by ancient Egyptian treasuresBuried in the 14th century BCE but unearthed by Howard Carter in 1922, the objects entombed with Tutankhamun are an invaluable window into a long-extinct belief system. Seen today, they create an intricate picture of how people of the time viewed the perilous journey to paradise, a utopian Egypt that could only be entered following the final judgment.

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