The Tomb of Tutankhamun

About the book

Having miraculously escaped major plundering, the tomb of Tutankhamun remains the most complete Egyptian burial site ever discovered. The pictorial volume features 140 colour images of its greatest treasures, taken by Sandro Vannini, a master photographer who has been documenting Egypt’s archaeological heritage for more than 20 years. He was granted rare permission by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities to carry out new photography at the Cairo Museum, using a digital sensor to create high-resolution enlargements. This allows us to view the artefacts – among them statues, jewellery and details of the shrines, sarcophagus and funeral mask – in extraordinary detail. The edition is beautifully presented and finished: the winged goddess motifs on the slipcase are the work of the acclaimed illustrator and long-time Folio collaborator Peter Suart and blocked in gold.

Harry Burton was an archaeological photographer and Egyptologist, best known for his photographs of excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. His photographs were of great beauty as well as of immense archaeological value, and his most famous commission was that to document the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb. The first photographs released to the press cause a worldwide sensation and played a significant part in the 'Egyptomania' of the 1920s.

About the book

Having miraculously escaped major plundering, the tomb of Tutankhamun remains the most complete Egyptian burial site ever discovered. The pictorial volume features 140 colour images of its greatest treasures, taken by Sandro Vannini, a master photographer who has been documenting Egypt’s archaeological heritage for more than 20 years. He was granted rare permission by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities to carry out new photography at the Cairo Museum, using a digital sensor to create high-resolution enlargements. This allows us to view the artefacts – among them statues, jewellery and details of the shrines, sarcophagus and funeral mask – in extraordinary detail. The edition is beautifully presented and finished: the winged goddess motifs on the slipcase are the work of the acclaimed illustrator and long-time Folio collaborator Peter Suart and blocked in gold.

Harry Burton was an archaeological photographer and Egyptologist, best known for his photographs of excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. His photographs were of great beauty as well as of immense archaeological value, and his most famous commission was that to document the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb. The first photographs released to the press cause a worldwide sensation and played a significant part in the 'Egyptomania' of the 1920s.

About the book

Having miraculously escaped major plundering, the tomb of Tutankhamun remains the most complete Egyptian burial site ever discovered. The pictorial volume features 140 colour images of its greatest treasures, taken by Sandro Vannini, a master photographer who has been documenting Egypt’s archaeological heritage for more than 20 years. He was granted rare permission by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities to carry out new photography at the Cairo Museum, using a digital sensor to create high-resolution enlargements. This allows us to view the artefacts – among them statues, jewellery and details of the shrines, sarcophagus and funeral mask – in extraordinary detail. The edition is beautifully presented and finished: the winged goddess motifs on the slipcase are the work of the acclaimed illustrator and long-time Folio collaborator Peter Suart and blocked in gold.

Harry Burton was an archaeological photographer and Egyptologist, best known for his photographs of excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. His photographs were of great beauty as well as of immense archaeological value, and his most famous commission was that to document the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb. The first photographs released to the press cause a worldwide sensation and played a significant part in the 'Egyptomania' of the 1920s.

About the book

Having miraculously escaped major plundering, the tomb of Tutankhamun remains the most complete Egyptian burial site ever discovered. The pictorial volume features 140 colour images of its greatest treasures, taken by Sandro Vannini, a master photographer who has been documenting Egypt’s archaeological heritage for more than 20 years. He was granted rare permission by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities to carry out new photography at the Cairo Museum, using a digital sensor to create high-resolution enlargements. This allows us to view the artefacts – among them statues, jewellery and details of the shrines, sarcophagus and funeral mask – in extraordinary detail. The edition is beautifully presented and finished: the winged goddess motifs on the slipcase are the work of the acclaimed illustrator and long-time Folio collaborator Peter Suart and blocked in gold.

Harry Burton was an archaeological photographer and Egyptologist, best known for his photographs of excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. His photographs were of great beauty as well as of immense archaeological value, and his most famous commission was that to document the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb. The first photographs released to the press cause a worldwide sensation and played a significant part in the 'Egyptomania' of the 1920s.

About the book

Having miraculously escaped major plundering, the tomb of Tutankhamun remains the most complete Egyptian burial site ever discovered. The pictorial volume features 140 colour images of its greatest treasures, taken by Sandro Vannini, a master photographer who has been documenting Egypt’s archaeological heritage for more than 20 years. He was granted rare permission by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities to carry out new photography at the Cairo Museum, using a digital sensor to create high-resolution enlargements. This allows us to view the artefacts – among them statues, jewellery and details of the shrines, sarcophagus and funeral mask – in extraordinary detail. The edition is beautifully presented and finished: the winged goddess motifs on the slipcase are the work of the acclaimed illustrator and long-time Folio collaborator Peter Suart and blocked in gold.

Harry Burton was an archaeological photographer and Egyptologist, best known for his photographs of excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. His photographs were of great beauty as well as of immense archaeological value, and his most famous commission was that to document the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb. The first photographs released to the press cause a worldwide sensation and played a significant part in the 'Egyptomania' of the 1920s.