Dealer discovers ancient fragment from Seti I`s tomb in Valley of Kings
(Artdaily.org)

A dealer due to stand at the world’s most important art fair for the first time has revealed an astonishing discovery linked to the 3300-year-old tomb of Pharaoh Seti I. Antonia Eberwein, of Galerie Eberwein Ancient Art in Paris, has helped fill in a missing piece of the jigsaw to shed light on the tomb, which has had to be sealed for the past 30 years because of deterioration. She will unveil the piece at TEFAF Maastricht on March 16. Despite being one of the best-known tombs in the Valley of the Kings and having seen millions of visitors, Seti I’s resting place remains one of the most mysterious and unknown of Egypt’s monuments to the cult of the dead. Humidity and tourists have had a damaging effect on the colours and clarity of the designs and hieroglyphs in the tomb, and only a few, rather inaccurate drawings of the interior have ever been published. When Giovanni Belzoni,