Part of an astronomical instrument dedicated by Tutankhamun to his ancestor Thutmoses IV. A carved ebony handle with an attached stone plummet, this device was used to plot the direction of a distant object. Photograph, courtesy of the Oriental Institute. A wooden chest with a scene depicting Tutankhamun and his queen, Ankhesenamun. It is painted with gilded gesso (a paste of gypsum and glue used to cover imperfections on the wood surface) and had inlaid areas of ivory, ebony, glazed pieces of terra cotta and painted calcite. Photograph by Harry Burton, courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 235