The Gold Throne of Tutankhamun

Category: Time:
Saturday, May 9, 2015 - 12:30 to 14:30
Access:
public
Room: URL: Speaker:
Dr. Nicholas Reeves
Affiliation:
University of Arizona
Contact:
Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman
Calendar Status:
confirmed

The “Gold Throne” (Carter object no. 91; Cairo JE 62028) is one of the best-known objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62). It is also one of the more intriguing, since its backrest scene shows clear evidence of having been altered in antiquity. What were the nature and extent of these changes? And what light do they shed on the complexities of the later Amarna Period?