A child's chair more than 3,200 years old from the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings at West Thebes

Six chairs in all were found in the tomb. This one is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Its state of preservation is fairly good; inside the tomb it stood in the chamber usually called the Antechamber, beneath one of the ceremonial beds, the Lioness Bed, together with several other objects.

It is a fine example of how ordinary chairs were made in ancient Egypt: a slightly curved back, tilted backwards, is supported by three vertical slats, while the seat is made of five carved slats fixed to the frame with mortise-and-tenon joints

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A child's chair more than 3,200 years old from the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings at West Thebes

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