Colossal Statue of Tutankhamun

This colossal statue of king Tutankhamun was erected as part of a pair that once stood in the mortuary temple of Horemheb at Medinet Habu where they were discovered and excavated in 1930-31 by Uvo Hölscher, director of the Oriental Institute expedition to Medinet Habu. Portions of this statue have been restored based on the more complete twin that remained in Egypt. Inscriptions on the back pillar name Horemheb, but it is clear that the royal name had been usurped from his predecessors and the statue has been attributed to Tutankhamun based primarily on the facial features and artistic style. The king wears the royal nemes-head-cloth upon which sits the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.