ancientart:

Chair of the king, discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun.

In ancient Egypt the chair was a symbol of authority and prestige. […] The material used for the manufacture of the seats was wood of especially good quality imported from Lebanon or Punt (and undefined country located to the south or south-east of Egypt, which had a shoreline on the Red Sea in either Africa or Asia), or Egyptian wood like sycamore, tamarix, palm tree or acacia.

The excavators discovered six chairs and twelve stools in the antechamber and annex of Tuthankhamun’s tomb, all of them remarkable.

-M. Zaki, The Legacy of Tutankhamun Art and History

Courtesy & currently located at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Photo taken by Dmitry Denisenkov.