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Lid of an unguent jar in the form of an ibex, from Tutankhamun's tomb, 14th century BC. Eyes inlaid with bronze and glass-pasteroyal cartouche. The tomb of the 18th Dynasty Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun (reigned 1333-1323 BC) was discovered in 1922 by the British archaeologist Howard Carter. Uniquely amongst Egyptian royal tombs, its contents were intact. From the collection of the Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt.