The Basketry from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, catalogue and analysis. Copte CNI Publications 15

CNI Publications 15

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The Basketry from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, catalogue and analysis. Copte CNI Publications 15The tomb of Tutankhamun, discovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor (Egypt) by Howard Carted, yielded over 5000 items. Among the vast number of richly embellished precious objects, such as the solid gold coffin and mask, were also more mundane objects, including the hitherto unpublished basketry objects. Baskets, the plastic bags of the ancient world, were used for storage of all sorts of things, including food, clothing and jewellery, and