Entrance to Tomb KV35, Valley of the Kings, Egypt
This is a LEGO model of the entrance to the Kings Valley tomb 35 or KV35 which was discovered by Victor Loret in 1898. The tomb contained the mummy of 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep II still in his original sarcophagus and a cache of more than 12 other mummies that had been placed there by ancient Egyptian priests after their own tombs had been robbed.
Beneath this entrance is a model of the complete tomb, passageways, well shaft, burial chamber and all.
Its a bit of a change from my usual buildings of Detroit stuff but I needed a break. I made up a somewhat dramatized version of the tomb discovery story in comics style and posted it on www.mocpages.com/moc.php/149039 in case you want to take a look.
EDIT: mocpages is gone (except as archived by the wayback maching - web.archive.org/)
Entrance to Tomb KV35, Valley of the Kings, Egypt
This is a LEGO model of the entrance to the Kings Valley tomb 35 or KV35 which was discovered by Victor Loret in 1898. The tomb contained the mummy of 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep II still in his original sarcophagus and a cache of more than 12 other mummies that had been placed there by ancient Egyptian priests after their own tombs had been robbed.
Beneath this entrance is a model of the complete tomb, passageways, well shaft, burial chamber and all.
Its a bit of a change from my usual buildings of Detroit stuff but I needed a break. I made up a somewhat dramatized version of the tomb discovery story in comics style and posted it on www.mocpages.com/moc.php/149039 in case you want to take a look.
EDIT: mocpages is gone (except as archived by the wayback maching - web.archive.org/)