Replica of a beaded tunic with discs, reconstructed with the help of Jolanda Bos. The original was discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun. Part of TRC-led project on the study of Tutankhamun's wardrobe. Photograph courtesy Textile Museum of Sweden.The textiles and garments from the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun, who died ca. 1323 BC, have to date received scant attention, although they constitute the largest group of items from the tomb, and they certainly will provide a wealth of information about the state-of-the-craft of Egyptian and Middle Eastern textile production in the second half of the second millennium BC. The rooms of the tomb, when opened 100 years ago, contained more than 400 garments and textiles, many of them embroidered.

The textiles have been studied extensively by Dr Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, director TRC, and during this lecture she will give a general introduction and discuss the garments that were placed in the tomb to be worn by the pharaoh in his after-life. Some of these dated to the time that he was still a young boy, others were made for him when he had grown up. Many of these, if not all, were worn by Tutankhamun himself.

During this Sunday afternoon lecture, Dr Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, director TRC and the author of various books on ancient Egyptian clothing, will discuss the textiles found in the 1920s in the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun. The lecture will focus on some of the most spectacular of the garments, namely the embroidered clothes, such as the imitation leopard skin fto be worn by a priest and various decorated garments that have a clearly non-Egyptian origin. Gillian Vogelsang will also show relevant replicas of the various garments.

• Date: Sunday, 31 May 2026.
• Time: 14.00 - 16.00 pm. 
• Venue: TRC Leiden, Boerhaavelaan 6, 2334 EN, Leiden.
• Lecturer: Dr. Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood.
• Language: English
• Costs: 7.50 euros (to be paid on the day itself).
• Coffee/tea are provided.

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