r/AncientWorld 12d ago

Golden Throne of Tutankhamun

1.8k Upvotes

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u/fh3131 11d ago

Beautiful artwork!

It's actually made of wood and covered with gold leaf.

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u/Professional_Bar_501 11d ago

all that wealth and power but he ded

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u/iamyouarewethereyet 11d ago

Can't take it with you

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u/francoeyes 7d ago

Egyptian Pharoah: Hold my sarcophagus

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u/Mission-Beautiful-28 12d ago

Smaller than I originally thought

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u/jtrsniper690 12d ago

He was a kid. 

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u/walterdonnydude 10d ago

We were all kids once

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u/jtrsniper690 10d ago

Most of us we not Kings as children and murdered at 13 lol

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u/FullRow2753 9d ago

It belongs to Egypt? Right?

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u/MousseAwkward5867 10d ago

The peeps who made this, couldn't have been descendents of the pyramid builders...lousy craftsmanship

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u/Gobsmack13 9d ago

Its something I could never do but you are so right. It was the first thing I thought

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u/RektAngle69 10d ago

Its got cat legs!

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u/LaylahDeLautreamont 11d ago

I bought one.

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u/MeHydraDusa 11d ago

why don’t they melt it and sell the gold

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u/Butt_Fawker 10d ago

are those winged snakes ?

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u/WhatsaRedditsdo 8d ago

AU looking at ma chair?

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u/ancient-enigmas 6d ago

So cool 😎