By Jacqueline Engel
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https://laciviltaegizia.org/2023/02/28/le-statue-del-ka-di-tutankhamon/
This is one of two statues that stood guarding the entrance of the burial chamber.
The king is wearing the khat headdress and is shown with black skin, the colour of Nile mud that flooded and gave it fertility every year.
Black signified resurrection and the continuity of life.
18th dynasty, from the tomb of Tutankhamun – KV62·
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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