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Coffin of Akhenaten, Tomb KV55
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More model informationCoffin of the Pharaoh Akenaten in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt.
This coffin was recovered from a tomb in the Valley of the Kings in what has been designated Tomb KV55. The tomb was discovered by Edward R. Ayrton in 1907 while working for the wealthy American Theodore M. Davis. The tomb has been controversial since it’s discovery, originally being designated the burial of Queen Tiye. It has now been shown through DNA analysis that the remains found in the tomb are those of Akenaten himself. The DNA has further demonstrated that Akhenaten was the father of Tutankhamen (King Tut). The face of the coffin and the name in the cartouche have been deliberately removed in an attempt to condemn the “heretic” pharaoh in the afterlife and erase his memory.
Information on the tomb can be found here. A scan of another artifact from the tomb can be seen here.
Created using 138 photographs (Canon EOS Rebel T5i) using Metashape 1.3.
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Feb 25th 2018
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Absolutely brilliant. So many others would charge excessive fees for such quality work, massive thankyou for your exceptional work and generosity my friend!
BEAUTIFUL WORK THANK YOU
Why the scare quotes around "heretic" Dave? ;)
ouaaa beautifull !!!! is it possible to download in STL OR OBJ ! is it so famous and you have a very good quality !
i wouls like to print it for me
so thank you for your job
@jerryfisher I was very fortunate to have an extra 1.5 days in Cairo during a recent trip and I spent the entire time photographing in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Once I have some time to do some clean up, I'll be posting additional models from the museum. It was a challenge since the museum was very busy those days, but it's amazing how forgiving Photoscan can be with changes in the background. I was going to do the coffin of Ramses II, but the lighting conditions were impossible because it was late in the day and sunlight from a nearby window was causing large light flares across the glass case so I couldn't get any good photographs of the coffin. I'll be back in December and January and hope to do another couple days shooting.
@danderson4 I was wondering if you used photos of your own? This model looks extraordinary.
I've tried to model the coffin myself using the photos I could find via Google, Flickr, etc, but I could never get enough large, high quality photos to succeed. I've been trying to do the same with the coffin that Ramesses II was found in. I don't know why, but even with all the gilding and other decorations scraped and removed, it is still a striking work of art. I think the lack of colorful decoration makes the craftsmanship much more obvious and appreciable.
Like the KV55 coffin, I'm having a heck of a time finding any good photos, especially any that show the coffin from various angles. I guess people tend to photograph the same parts of the coffin from the same spots. Once again, thank you!
@jerryfisher Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoy the model and that it helps with understanding the KV55 discovery. I will eventually make it available for download. This was a quick and dirty processing of the model to make it available for a presentation and demonstration I was doing. Once the semester ends I hope to redo the model as well as add real world dimensions to the underlying model.
Love. This. I've been reading about the discovery of KV55 and seeing this model helps bring things to life in a way that photos can't. Thank you for creating and sharing this.
If you ever allow this to be downloaded, I'm jumping on it so fast. ;-)
Very good scan.