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Part of the canopic shrine from the tomb of Tutankhamun
Gilded and painted wood, height 92 cm
New Kingdom, late 18th dynasty, Reign of Tutankhamun (1361-1352 BCE)
From tomb of Tutankhamun (Nr. 62) in the Valley of the Kings, Western Thebes
Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt; JE 60686
source - Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Research
(bronze) by Ruth von Jahnke Waters
source - see Display Your Work in Virtual Reality
c. 24,000-22,000 BCE, Oolitic limestone, 43/8 inches (11.1 cm) high
(Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna)
(copyright ORF-Archiv)
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ART HISTORY & TECHNOLOGY is written and produced by Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe, Professor of Art History, Sweet Briar College in Virginia, 24595 USA (phone: 804-381-6194 / fax: 804-381-6494). For more information, please email him at witcombe@sbc.edu
