The Celestial Cow Funerary Bed of Tutankhamun (Illustration)

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published on 10 August 2019

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The Celestial Cow Funerary Bed of Tutankhamun — Image of the tomb of Tutankhamun (r. c. 1336-c. 1327 BCE) taken in 1922 CE or early 1923 CE. The funerary bed is fashioned in the shape of the Celestial Cow as depicted in The Book of the Heavenly Cow, a text which adorned Tutankhamun's tomb's walls.

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ANCIENT EGYPT : The Book of the Heavenly Cow

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