Inscribed Linen Sheet from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache, ca. 1336–1327

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Inscribed Linen Sheet from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1336–1327 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08, Linen, L. 251 cm (98 13/16 in); w. 62 cm. (24 7/16 in), In December 1907 Theodore M. Davis, a wealthy American who was funding excavations in the Valley of the Kings, discovered a small pit near the tomb of Seti I. Inside the pit were approximately a dozen large sealed whitewashed storage jars

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