Word: tenon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...state of preservation. Queen Meryet-Amun (1480-40 B.C.) died soon after her coronation. Her body was prepared and wrapped in many thicknesses of bandage. The inner coffin which covered her corpse was decorated, according to Egyptian ritual, with a replica of her body. On the forehead was the tenon hole which had held the stolen vulture-head coronet, symbol of queenly power. The outer coffin, masterpiece of joiner's art, at one time encased in gold sheets, lying undisturbed for centuries in the dark crypt, "created an eerie effect" on Digger Winlock...