Tut's Tomb Case Study

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21 You are missing some of the necessary information for your identification section. You don't have the artist's name of Tut's tomb. We traditionally list an artist as unknown if there is not an identification. In addition, ancient is not a style identification. You would need to say something like New Kingdom Egypt for Tut's tomb style. You are also missing the size of the tomb. You will also need to give the current location of Julius II Tomb's tomb. 15 Justification is good, but more specific information about these burial practices would really help to support your thesis. Think about something like, "during the New Kingdom, Pharoah's were burired in individual tombs carved out of the side of a mountain. These tombs had multiple

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