Mud Sealing Attached to a Fiber Tie from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Mud Sealing Attached to a Fiber Tie from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This mud sealing is from the embalming cache of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mud Sealing Attached to a Fiber Tie from Tutankhamun's Embalming CacheMud Sealing Attached to a Fiber Tie from Tutankhamun's Embalming CacheMud Sealing Attached to a Fiber Tie from Tutankhamun's Embalming CacheMud Sealing Attached to a Fiber Tie from Tutankhamun's Embalming CacheMud Sealing Attached to a Fiber Tie from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.