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When archaeologists opened the tomb King Tut'ankhamun, they found many of his childhood possessions inside. Today, we can get a sense of his life by looking at his games, toys, and clothes.

Select Bibliography:

  • Online Resources:
  • Dr. Irving Finkel plays the Royal Game of Ur with Tom Scott (YouTube)
  • Dig It with Raven plays the Royal Game of Ur, in Two Parts (YouTube Part 1; YouTube Part 2).
  • Introduction to “Twenty Squares: An Ancient Board Game,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Introduction to “Senet and Twenty Squares: Two Board Games Played by Ancient Egyptians,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Nicholas Brown, “Mannequin of Tutankhamun,” ARCE.org (Website).
  • Blog: Senet in the Book of the Dead (UCL).
  • H. Carter, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, Volume II (New York, 1927).
  • H. Carter, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, Volume III (London, 1933).
  • H. Carter and A. C. Mace, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, Volume I (London, 1923).
  • G. M. Crowfoot and N. de G. Davies, ‘The Tunic of Tut’ankhamūn’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 27 (1941), 113–30.
  • Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd edn, Cairo, 2017).
  • M. Eaton-Krauss, The Unknown Tutankhamun (London, 2016).
  • E. S. Edwards, Tutankhamun, His Tomb and its Treasures (New York, 1976).
  • L. Finkel, ‘On the Rules for the Royal Game of Ur’, in I. L. Finkel (ed.), Ancient Board Games in Perspective: Papers from the 1990 British Museum Colloquium, with Additional Contributions (London, 2007), 16–32.
  • M. Gabolde, Toutankhamon (Paris, 2015).
  • Z. Hawass, Discovering Tutankhamun: From Howard Carter to DNA (Cairo, 2013).
  • Z. Hawass and S. Vannini, Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb (London, 2018).
  • N. A. Hoskins, ‘Woven Patterns on Tutankhamun Textiles’, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 47 (2011), 199–215.
  • N. Kawai, ‘Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2005).
  • P. A. Piccione, ‘The Egyptian Game of Senet and the Migration of the Soul’, in I. L. Finkel (ed.), Ancient Board Games in Perspective: Papers from the 1990 British Museum Colloquium, with Additional Contributions (London, 2007), 69–86.
  • E. B. Pusch, ‘The Egyptian “Game of Twenty Squares:” Is it Related to “Marbles” and the Game of the Snake?’, in I. L. Finkel (ed.), Ancient Board Games in Perspective: Papers from the 1990 British Museum Colloquium, with Additional Contributions (London, 2007), 69–86.
  • N. Reeves, The Complete Tutankhamun (Cairo, 1990).
  • G. M. Vogelsang-Eastwood, Tutankhamun’s Wardrobe (Rotterdam, 1999).
  • S. Wright, ‘12 Stunning Garments Re-created From Piles Of King Tut’s 3,400-Year-Old Laundry’, Ranker.com.

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When archaeologists opened the tomb King Tut'ankhamun, they found many of his childhood possessions inside. Today, we can get a sense of his life by looking at his games, toys, and clothes.

Select Bibliography:

  • Online Resources:
  • Dr. Irving Finkel plays the Royal Game of Ur with Tom Scott (YouTube)
  • Dig It with Raven plays the Royal Game of Ur, in Two Parts (YouTube Part 1; YouTube Part 2).
  • Introduction to “Twenty Squares: An Ancient Board Game,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Introduction to “Senet and Twenty Squares: Two Board Games Played by Ancient Egyptians,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Nicholas Brown, “Mannequin of Tutankhamun,” ARCE.org (Website).
  • Blog: Senet in the Book of the Dead (UCL).
  • H. Carter, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, Volume II (New York, 1927).
  • H. Carter, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, Volume III (London, 1933).
  • H. Carter and A. C. Mace, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, Volume I (London, 1923).
  • G. M. Crowfoot and N. de G. Davies, ‘The Tunic of Tut’ankhamūn’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 27 (1941), 113–30.
  • Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd edn, Cairo, 2017).
  • M. Eaton-Krauss, The Unknown Tutankhamun (London, 2016).
  • E. S. Edwards, Tutankhamun, His Tomb and its Treasures (New York, 1976).
  • L. Finkel, ‘On the Rules for the Royal Game of Ur’, in I. L. Finkel (ed.), Ancient Board Games in Perspective: Papers from the 1990 British Museum Colloquium, with Additional Contributions (London, 2007), 16–32.
  • M. Gabolde, Toutankhamon (Paris, 2015).
  • Z. Hawass, Discovering Tutankhamun: From Howard Carter to DNA (Cairo, 2013).
  • Z. Hawass and S. Vannini, Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb (London, 2018).
  • N. A. Hoskins, ‘Woven Patterns on Tutankhamun Textiles’, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 47 (2011), 199–215.
  • N. Kawai, ‘Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2005).
  • P. A. Piccione, ‘The Egyptian Game of Senet and the Migration of the Soul’, in I. L. Finkel (ed.), Ancient Board Games in Perspective: Papers from the 1990 British Museum Colloquium, with Additional Contributions (London, 2007), 69–86.
  • E. B. Pusch, ‘The Egyptian “Game of Twenty Squares:” Is it Related to “Marbles” and the Game of the Snake?’, in I. L. Finkel (ed.), Ancient Board Games in Perspective: Papers from the 1990 British Museum Colloquium, with Additional Contributions (London, 2007), 69–86.
  • N. Reeves, The Complete Tutankhamun (Cairo, 1990).
  • G. M. Vogelsang-Eastwood, Tutankhamun’s Wardrobe (Rotterdam, 1999).
  • S. Wright, ‘12 Stunning Garments Re-created From Piles Of King Tut’s 3,400-Year-Old Laundry’, Ranker.com.

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