Description
Egyptian Statue from the Tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (Tutankhamen). The gods of ancient Egypt were as rich and varied as the culture itself. Tutankhamen was a legendary young pharaoh. Each work is created in cold cast resin, then an artisan takes two hours to hand paint each with accurate goldtoned details and colors from an Egyptian palette. Tutankhamun (1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (ruled c.1333 BC – 1323 BC in the conventional chronology), during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom. His original name, Tutankhaten, means “Living Image of Aten”, while Tutankhamun means “Living Image of Amun”. In hieroglyphs the name Tutankhamun was typically written Amen-tut-ankh, because of a scribal custom that placed a divine name at the beginning of a phrase to show appropriate reverence. He is possibly also the Nibhurrereya of the Amarna letters. He was likely the 18th dynasty king ‘Rathotis’ who, according to Manetho, an ancient historian, had reigned for nine years – a figure which conforms with Flavius Josephus’s version of Manetho’s Epitome.
