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Anonymous ID: 981e6e March 7, 2023, 8:14 a.m. No.18461668   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>1679 >>1711

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Yuya_and_Thuya

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuya

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuya

Imagine entering a town house which had been closed for the summer: imagine the stuffy room, the stiff, silent appearance of the furniture… That was perhaps the first sensation as we stood, really dumbfounded, and stared around at the relics of the life of over three thousand years ago, all of which was as new almost as when they graced the palace…

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throne_of_Princess_Sitamun

During the clearance of the tomb, the excavators received a visit from a woman who, unknown to them, was Empress Eugenie of France. Nevertheless, Quibell looked to entertain his guests, and apologised for the fact that most of the contents had been packed away for shipping to Cairo. Joseph Lindon Smith, who assisted with the excavation recalls the following exchange:

The woman replied, "Do tell me something of the discovery of the tomb."

Quibell said, "With pleasure, but I regret that I cannot offer you a chair."

Quickly came her answer. "Why, there is a chair which will do for me nicely." And before our horrified eyes she stepped down onto the floor of the chamber and seated herself in a chair that had not been sat in for over three thousand years!

The chair in question was the throne of Princess Sitamun; surprisingly its strung seat held up the unexpected guest, as the two men were too embarrassed to tell her to get up.

Anonymous ID: 981e6e March 7, 2023, 8:17 a.m. No.18461679   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>18461668

>"Why, there is a chair which will do for me nicely." And before our horrified eyes she stepped down onto the floor of the chamber and seated herself in a chair that had not been sat in for over three thousand years!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A9nie_de_Montijo