Cylindrical bag of sawdust from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1336–1327 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08, Linen, decomposed wood material (sawdust), folded into two parallel rolls: 39.7 cm long and 8.7 cm wide, 3.7 cm high, 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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Cylindrical bag, sawdust, Tutankhamun, Embalming Cache, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca, 1336–1327 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley, Kings, KV 54, Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08, Linen, decomposed wood material, folded, two parallel rolls, 39.7 cm long, 8.7 wide, 3.7 high, December, 1907, Theodore, M, Davis, wealthy American, funding, discovered, small pit, tomb, Seti I, Inside, pit, approximately, dozen large, sealed, whitewashed, storage, jars
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