Historia de Edward Pevos de MLive

Ahora puedes retroceder en el tiempo hasta la dinastía XVIII del antiguo Egipto (c. 1543-1292) y ver al rey Tutankamón y las posesiones sagradas del faraón. Desplácese hacia abajo para ver una muestra de la nueva exhibición de Cranbrook, que estará abierta hasta el 3 de septiembre de 2017.

Foto de Edward Pevos de MLive

Más de 100 tesoros

La exhibición presenta 131 réplicas de las posesiones y artefactos sagrados del faraón. Se trata de réplicas muy detalladas y exactas de los originales que ya no saldrán de Egipto.

Información de entradas

Los boletos cuestan $10 para los no miembros del Cranbrook Institute of Science y $9 para los miembros. Los niños de 2 a 12 años pagan $8.

Busto de Tut sobre un loto – XVIII Dinastía

Este retrato captura el cráneo platicefálico alargado de Tut, una característica común entre los miembros de la familia real endogámica de Amarna.

Sandalias de corte – XVIII Dinastía

Fashioned of papyrus fiber, leather, wood and sheet gold, some 93 articles of footwear were buried with Tut. The finest example is this pair of sandals found in the Antechamber, packed inside of the painted chest. Made of wood with ornate marquetry veneer, the soles are decorated with the traditional images of captive African and Asian enemies, symbolically trampled with the pharaoh’s every step.

The original sandals can be found at the Cairo Museum

Ebony game box & casting sticks – 18th Dynasty

One of Tut’s favorite diversions was playing games of chance. Like many ancient Egyptians, he enjoyed the game of “senet” in which the movement  of pawns on a checkerboard was decided by the throw of knucklebones or casting stucks. Of the four game boxes found in the Annex, this one made of wood with ebony and ivory veneer was the finest.

Royal Mummy of Pharaoh Tutankhamun & Funerary Bier

The much anticipated opening of the third coffin, delayed by the sudden death of Lord Carnarvon, revealed the pharaoh’s mummy which measured 5ft 4in in length.

Wrapped in linen bandages enfolding over 150 carefully placed sacred jewels and amulets and liberally anointed with consecrated lustrations, his body had been badly damaged. Its brittle tissue withered and blackened by excessive application of the very resins intended to preserve it.

His face, protected by the gold mask, suffered the least damage. Encircling his head was a royal diadem of gold inlaid with cloisonne and semiprecious stones. His fingers and toes were individually capped with plain gold sheaths and his feet were fitted with a pair of ornamental sandals made of gold

As the priceless treasures on Tut’s person were removed, the pharaoh’s fragile remains were senselessly torn to pieces. A second examination of the mummy in 1968 revealed possible evidence of a fatal blow to the skull behind the left ear.

Royal sailing vessel – 18th Dynasty

Typical of royal burials, the pharaoh’s tomb included a fleet of 35 model boats associated with his mystic pilgrimages in the afterlife and representing both practical and ceremonial vessels. The sailboat appears to be a funerary model of the majestic craft that carried the pharaoh up and down the Nile.

Golden Bed – 18th Dynasty

Golden Dagger and Sheath – 18th Dynasty

This royal dagger is fashioned of solid gold. It was discovered wrapped as an amulet within the linen bandages of the pharaoh’s mummy where it had been ritually placed on his right thigh.

Golden Funerary Mask of Tut

This was fashioned from two sheets of solid gold hammered into a likeness of Tut. It was found resting over the head and shoulders of the pharaoh’s linen-wrapped mummy.

Nefertiti – 18th Dynasty

This painted limestone bust of the beautiful Queen Nefertiti was found in the workshop of the master sculptor Djhutmose in El-Amarna, where it was utilized as an instructional model, hence its unfinished eye

Winged Isis – 18th Dynasty Style

The most revered of the ancient Egyptian goddesses, Isis was the legendary mother of Horus and both wife and twin sister of Osiris.

Golden Cosmetic Spoon – 18th Dynasty

This gilded wooden ointment spoon was fashioned of a bathing maiden, a classic motif for cosmetic containers in the 18th Dynasty Egypt.

Queen Ankhnesmerire and Pepi II – 6th Dynasty

At the close of the 6th Dynasty, around 800 years before Tut’s birth, the Old Kingdom came to an end with the death of Pharaoh Pepi II. A child pharaoh like Tut, Pepi II enjoyed a long reign which lasted for 90 years.

Golden State Chariot – 18th Dynasty

Constructed of bent wood and leather to be both sturdy and lightweight, the chariot was introduced to the Egyptians by the Asiatic Hyksos during the early 18th Dynasty.

Triad of Mycerinus – 4th Dynasty

Discovered in the Vally Temple of the pyramid of Menkaure as part of a series of five group statues, this triad depicts the pharaoh dressed in the pleated scendyt loincloth and wearing the white hedjet crown of the region

Thutmose III – 18th Dynasty

Thutmose III was perhaps Egypt’s mightiest pharaoh. After overthrowing his regent stepmother, Thutmose III obliterated her name from her monuments. His many campaigns in Syria and Palestine established an extensive empire in Asia as well as Nubia (Sudan), infusing his traditionally isolated country with the cosmopolitan influence of outside cultures.

Statue of Tut with Harpoon – 18th Dynasty

Wearing the red deshret crown of Lower Egypt, Tut is ritually depicted in this gilded hardwood statue as the god Horus, standing on a papyrus raft with his arm upraised to harpoon the evil, scheming god Seth in the form of an invisible hippopotamus.

Ebony Child’s Chair – 18th Dynasty

This small uninscribed chair was found in the Antechamber constructed of African ebony joined with gold-capped rivets and decorated with ivory inlay and gilt side panels depicting a pair of ibexes.

Head of the Divine Cow – 18th Dynasty

Hathor’s manifestation in the form of the divine cow, owing to her origins of an ancient agrarian culture, is portrayed in this gilt wooden votive sculpture found on the Treasury floor between the Anubis shrine and the Canopie shrine, with  its face to the west.

Shied of Narmer Ceremonial Palette – 1st Dynasty

Commemorating Narmer’s conquest, this 5,000 year old artifact is one of the oldest surviving historical documents. The real one is located at the Cairo Museum in Egypt

Royal Broad Collar – 18th Dynasty Style

Most of Tuts jewelry was stolen in antiquity by the tomb robbers. Throughout the four chambers and the tomb’s entrance corridor, Howard Carter found more than 200 ornaments and amulets, including collars and necklaces, pendants, bracelets and rings, the majority originating from the Treasury. This reconstruction is in the classic Amarna style.

Cartouche box – 18th Dynasty

De las docenas de cajas de madera y cofres de diversos tamaños enterrados en la tumba, ninguno escapó al saqueo de los ladrones de tumbas de la antigüedad. Cuatro de estas cajas, que contenían de todo, desde ropa de cama y sandalias hasta baratijas y cosméticos, fueron diseñadas con la forma de un cartucho real, que representa un lazo de cuerda anudada que rodea el nombre de una figura exaltada.

El Trono Dorado y el Reposapiés Ceremonial – XVIII Dinastía

Flanqueado majestuosamente por dos cabezas leoninas y con reposabrazos de serpientes uraeus aladas que lucían la doble corona pschent, el trono dorado del faraón se encontró en la Antecámara, debajo de uno de los sofás bestiales.

Diván ritual – XVIII Dinastía

Este mueble fue probablemente lo primero que vio Howard Carter cuando rompió el sello de la tumba. Asociada con Mehetweret, diosa del gran diluvio, sus cabezas a juego tenían la forma de la venerada diosa vaca Hathor, y sus altos cuernos enmarcaban un par de discos solares.

Aunque comúnmente se representa en las pinturas de las tumbas egipcias, el de Tut fue el único mueble de este tipo que se encontró intacto.

Ataúd momiforme dorado – XVIII Dinastía

Cabecera funeraria de león – XVIII Dinastía

El primero de los tres sofás rituales descubiertos en la Antecámara estaba flanqueado por un par de leones o guepardos de madera dorada. Sus dos cabeceras tenían incrustaciones de cristal azul y ojos de cristal pintado.

Selket – XVIII Dinastía

Sólo superada por Isis en su conexión con la magia divina y escoltada por escorpiones, la encantadora diosa Selket está asociada con el parto y la lactancia, así como con el tratamiento mágico de las picaduras de escorpión.

Viñeta en papiro de Akenatón, Nefertiti y Meritatón

Las fibras duras de la caña en flor de los pantanos conocida como papiro se utilizaron en Egipto desde la antigüedad para hacer cestas, esteras, cuerdas y sandalias, mientras que los tallos concisos se cortaban en tiras y se golpeaban para hacer papel. Este retrato muestra a la familia real haciendo ofrendas al radiante Atón.