Mysterious trays from Tutankhamun's tomb reopen the debate on Pharaoh's funeral rites

The discovery of the almost intact tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922 gave the lovers of ancient Egypt an unparalleled treasure in order to be able to better understand the particularities of a pharaonic burial of the time. However, the magnitude of the discovery was such that initially some elements went rather unnoticed. One of these was a group of objects placed on top of a sort of carpet on a corner of the sepulchral chamber that included four wood…