A collection of printed media (UK local newspapers) relating to the 1972 Tutankhamun exhibition held at the British Museum, London.

A collection of postal stamps featuring objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun, mostly commemorating the 50th anniversary of the tomb's discovery in 1972.
Includes six first-day covers, one issued in Egypt and five issued by UK institutions.

Puzzles and games linked to the discovery, excavation and clearance of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Wood puzzle comprising four coloured blocks, which when correctly assembled form a pyramid shape.
• Produced by Imperial Manufacturers, Chicago.

• Decorative souvenir spoon
• Gold-tone metal with enamel decoration
• Enamel decoration on upper surface, design from top: on handle, a modelled profile view of 'guardian statue' [Carter 22] (design includes the linen found draped over arm when discovered), standing on top of a winged scarab; on stem, geometric pattern on handle; on bowl, enamel-painted scene with a king or deity facing left, standing holding a staff, with pseudo-hieroglyphic texts above.
• Manufacturer not known.
• Date uncertain, probably 1920s.

• A ladies' round belt buckle.
• Moulded decoration, design features a selection of objects from the Antechamber.
• Dark and light brown bakelite, goldtone metal fastenings, and also three sets of two holes along edge, for attaching to fabric(?).
• Date not known, probably produced in the 1920s or 1930s.
• Manufacturer, not known. Metal stud fastening stamped "К I И".

• Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
• Pair of drop-shaped earrings, lotus-flower on clip, with guardian statue [Carter 22] design on pendant drops, clip-on fitting.
• Goldtone metal decorated with enamel (black, red and white).
• Manufacturer, not known.
• Probably manufactured in the 1920s.

• Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
• Brooch with a rectangular cabochon plaque featuring part of a scene from the lid of box 21 [Carter 21], with Tutankhamun hunting lions.
• Silver decorated with enamel (light and dark blue, red, white and yellow) and opaque cream-coloured pressed glass with decoration highlighted in reddish-brown.
• Hook clasp, stamped, silver hallmark "925"(?)
• Plaque: Not indicated, but probably produced by the Neiger Brothers.

Commercially produced printed sheet music.

• Commercially produced printed sheet music.
• "Tutankhamen".
  • Written and Composed by Hebe Mack.
  • London: G. J. Cramer & Co. Ltd.
  • 1923.
• 6-pages.

Advertising and marketing ephemera referencing the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

• Cartoon from Punch magazine referencing the tomb of Tutankhamun.
• "TUTANKH-AMEN IN DOWNING STREET."
• "Harressed Phantom (outside No. 10). "THIS IS THE PLACE FOR ME. VERY PEACEFUL AFTER MY TOMB."
• From Punch, or The London Charivari, 31 January 1923, page 99.

• 2 photographs taken by tourists visiting Luxor in 1923.
• TAA iii.46.2.1
  • Three tourists, one man and two women, sitting on the modern enclosure wall of Tutankhamun's tomb, with two Egyptian police officers (1 standing on either side of the seated group).
  • Manuscript note on verso, "Outside the new Tomb. The Valley of the Kings - 1923."
• TAA iii.46.2.2
  • Female tourist, also part of the group in the other photograph, standing next to the head of a colossus of Ramesses II in the Ramesseum.
  • Manuscript note on verso, "The Ramesseum - Thebes - 1923."
• The identities of the people in the photographs and the owner of the pictures are all unknown.

Ephemera connected with the 'Treasures of Tutankhamun' exhibition at the British Museum in 1972.

A reel-to-reel tape recording, and a cassette tape of the same, of a BBC radio broadcast on the 1972 Tutankhamun exhibition at the British Museum.

Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. Royal Mail Group Ltd commissioned the Griffith Institute to act as consultants supplying all the text and required images for all the Special Stamp products.

• See https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues/tutankhamun (accessed 19-06-2023).
• A set of twelve stamps comprising:
  • The main set of eight colour stamps, each featuring an object from Tutankhamun's tomb. Araldo De Luca supplied these images.
  • Mini-set of four stamps featuring black and white photographs, including three Harry Burton photographs supplied by the Griffith Institute.
• Complete set of products:
  • First Day Cover issued on 24 November 2022
  • Presentation Pack
  • Prestige Stamp Book
  • Unmounted stamps
  • Coin cover (£5.00)
  • Postcard pack
  • Royal Mail Yearbook 2022
  • Newspaper cutting, noting the stamp issue, November 2022

Two identical sets of thirteen postcards featuring reproductions of all twelve Special Stamps (the mini-sheet stamps are represented twice, once as the complete mini-sheet design of four stamps as well as individually), all issued on 24 November 2022, part of the Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• See https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues/tutankhamun/tutankhamun-postcards (accessed 19-06-2023).
• The postcards feature:
  • The main set of eight colour stamps, each featuring an object from Tutankhamun's tomb, images supplied by Araldo De Luca.
  • Mini-set of four stamps featuring black and white photographs, including three Harry Burton photographs supplied by the Griffith Institute.

Arthur C. Mace's excavation journal for the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1922-1923, recording the first season

• 19 unlined pages
• Manuscript entries

A. C. Mace's account of the opening of Tutankhamun's Burial chamber (manuscript)

• Manuscript
• Written on 2 folded sheets of Cataract Hotel, Assouan (Aswan) headed notepaper
• Dated 3 March 1923
• Written a few weeks after the opening of the Burial chamber, which took place on 16 February 1923

Tutankhamun journal with an inventory of objects sent to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, between 1922 and 1929

• Pages 1-17
  • Arthur Mace's manuscript records
  • Mace's heading on the title page (page 0), "Tut-Ankh-Amun"
  • Mace's heading on page 1, "Catalogue of objects sent to Cairo Museum. Season 1922-1923"
  • Mace's final entry, "34 packages containing 89 boxes", and signed by A.C.M. (Arthur C. Mace) and H.C. (Howard Carter), dated "12 May 1923."
• Page 18
  • Unidentified hand, manuscript notes, French
  • French manuscript heading, "Liste des Caisses parties de la Vallée des Rois le 1er Avril, a 10 h. 15 a.m."
  • Carter's manuscript annotation at top of the page, "Cases and antiquities removed by the Service des Antiquities Spring 1924 from No. 15 and No. 4 Biban el Maluke"
• Pages 19-21
  • Carter's manuscript records
  • Carter's final entry, "Nineteen cases handed over to M. Baraize for transport to Cairo March 31st 1925. Howard Carter [signature]. These cases were carried by hand and(?) to River Early morn of the 1st April"
• Page 22
  • Carter's manuscript column headings, but no entries
• Page 23
  • Carter's manuscript records
  • Carter's final entry, "The above objects enclosed in sixteen cases (one of which No. 16 to be brought by Mr. Carter). Howard Carter [signature] April 16th 1927."
• Page 25
  • Typewritten list affixed to page
  • Cases "XXIII" to "XXXVIII"
  • All objects are from the Treasury
  • Not dated
• Pages 26-32
  • Carter's manuscript records
  • Objects are from the Treasury and Annexe
  • "List of cases of antiquities sent to the Cairo Museum March [day not entered] th., 1929."
  • Carter's final entry, "Ninety cases of antiquities as for above list. delivered to the Chief Inspector for transport March ... 1929. H.C."

Bow case 335. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Carter's manuscript list of animals depicted on the bow case, noting the colours of the same.
• Carter's manuscript list of plants represented on the bow case.
• Harry Burton's photographs of the bow case, annotated by Carter.

Chemistry. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• H. J. Plenderleith's typescript report on:
  • i. The pigments contained in the palettes from the toy chest found in the Annexe;
  • ii. The paint used on the Burial chamber walls;
  • iii. The metal tongues from the second shrine;
  • iv. The thickness of gold on shrines (also see Gesso notes);
  • v. On animal skin found with gesso. Plenderleith suggests this is to provide a resilient cushion beneath gold for tooling;
• Typescript for a lecture given in 1926 by H. Bunker on 'Scientific Aspects of Tomb'.

Transferred to Carter MSS i.J.388.

Objects found between the sarcophagus (240) and shrines (207), (237), (238) and (239). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• i. Carter's report on objects nos. 242 (fan), 250 (djad emblem), 249 (bundle of reeds), 251(rags and chips of wood) , 245 (fan), 244, 246 (long bows), 243 (arrows) and 241, 247 (long bows), and 248 (ten arrows).
• ii. Harry Burton's photographs of 242, 245 (fans), 244, 246 (long bows), 243 (arrows) and 250 (djad pillar).

Shawabti (ushabti) figures. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• i. Carter's typewritten general notes on shawabtis.
• ii. Carter's manuscript report with transcriptions, and notes, for shawabtis from Tutankhamun's tomb, including lists with shawabtis grouped by type, their object excavation number, material, and the chamber they were found.

Tutankhamun's tomb and tomb plan. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Carter's 12-page annotated typewritten discussion on Tutankhamun's tomb and 18th Dynasty royal tomb types.
• Comparisons with other royal tombs and notes on tomb plans from the Turin Papyrus, with the names for the various parts of the tomb.
• Suggestion as to the identity of the architect of Tutankhamun's tomb.

Trumpets.

• Newspaper cutting from The Listener, 19th December 1946. Article on the B.B.C. recording of one of Tutankhamun's trumpets.

Weapons. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Carter's manuscript notes on offensive and defensive weapons, their form and use.
• Four pages.