Antique Horus Plique-a-Jour Egyptian Revival Bird Pendant thin band this circa 1890 French Griffin

this circa 1890 French Griffin brooch looks like it might fly away at any moment

although when this portrait was done it’s doubtful he was even anyone’s father

color photography was a new occurrence

the lid unscrews fully and it’s somewhat amazing that it hasn’t been lost over the long years of its life

Antique Horus Plique-a-Jour Egyptian Revival Bird Pendant thin band this circa 1890 French GriffinHoward Carter had a hunch, and on the 26th of November 1922, in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, his hunch paid off. Big. Though conventional wisdom of the day said that all of the Royal tombs in Egypt's great Valley had been looted and emptied over the ages, Carter knew of one King whose tomb had never been found. The young boy King Tutankhamen; and he thought he knew where it was. For eight years, with the support of his benefactor, Lord Carnarvon,