The bottom are thought to Women with long flowing dress and two warriors.
He had one of the more complete skulls of the 44 skeletons unearthed during a construction dig in Lake George in 2019. The soldiers were likely part of the 1775-1776 Quebec Campaign of the American Revolution, and they likely died of smallpox or other diseases.
Just wanted to share a close-up of the details on this throne, which Howard Carter found in Tutankhamun's tomb.
The scene on the back shows the queen, Ankhsenamon, putting perfumed ointment on the young king's shoulder.
A few interesting facts about how it was made:
The Clothes: Their white robes are actually inlaid sheets of silver to look like fine linen fabric. It contrasts with the reddish glass used for their skin.
The Sun Rays: If you look closely at the sun disc above them, every single ray ends in a tiny human hand holding out the symbol of life (Ankh).
The Materials: The background and structure are thick gold leaf over wood, while the seat area is a colorful mosaic made of faience and semi-precious stones.
It's currently preserved at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
The accompanying text is written in Safaitic, an Ancient North Arabian alphabet utilized by mobile nomadic pastoralists.
This damaged 4,000-year-old tablet — “The Great Fatted Bull” — contains dark comedy, political satire and what has been interpreted as one of history’s earliest murder mysteries hidden in Sumerian cuneiform.
Source: https://www.sumerianshakespeare.com/xpages01/introduction
Traditionally, they were made of animal or sometimes human skin and bones, but the surviving ones we have today were made of materials like wood and ivory in the late 1800s to be preserved.