How the excavation of Tutankhamen was reported by

The Illustrated London News 1926 - July 3rd

tut jul 3 cover

 

115. Cover: The actual mummy of Tutankhamen and the royal diadem of Egypt
for the first time .

 

tut mummy skeletons head

116. Tutankhamen: The young Pharaoh uncovered after 3000 years,
and now to rest forever in his tomb

 

tut the mummy

117. Tutankhamen: the mummy, the royal diadem, gold and jewels- and iron


With two figures of the boy-king as Horus, and the feathers of truth on the lid:
Tutankhamen's gold perfume-box (6-7 inches high)

 

 

pharaohs jewellry

118. Found on Tutankhamen's mummy: A Pharaoh's jewellery

 

the mummy magnet

118. The magnet that is drawing many thousands to Egypt :
Tutankhamen's mummy in its mask of solid gold

The climax of the great Tutankhamen discovery:
The king's mummy and the inmost gold coffin that contained it

 

gold diadem in Black and white

119. The latest Tutenkhamen discoveries: A unique gold diadem

gold diadem in colour

The first of it's kind ever found: Tutankhamen's gold diadem

 

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