by Jörg Galka Teisseyre

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Was Howard Carter in Tuts Grab übersah | What Howard Carter Missed In Tut's Tomb 2017

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60 cm x 80 cm 3D 2017 Acrylic | Wooden Branches | Metal Gold Leafs 'I see wonderful things' Howard Carter bursted out when he discovered Tut-Ankh-Amen's Tomb in the Valley of the Kings west of Waset/Thebes on NOV 29 , 1922. The young King's funeral chamber - however - hasn't been opened officially until FEB 16, 1923. The World was stunned when it discovered all these 'beautiful things' Howard Carter saw through the small opening carefully executed to get a glimpse of the tomb's inside before its official opening a couple of weeks later. However, in a secret space behind the funeral chamber another treasure was hiding for more than 3,000 years, waiting to be discovered ... 'May your spirit live, may you spend millions of years, you, who love Thebes, sitting with your face to the north wind, your eyes beholding happiness.' (Inscription on a lotus chalice found by Carter among all the funerary objects accompanying the young king through eternity)

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Medium: Mixed Media

Genre: Abstract