How an obscure Tut statue made our cover
|  | Saturday, October 22, 2022 | | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPHS BY SANDRO VANNINI | |
The statue of Tutankhamun on the cover of our November issue is not the usual representation of the Egyptian boy king. It was one of two statues of Tut guarding his opulent tomb, which was discovered with great fanfare a century ago.
Photographer Sandro Vannini was fascinated by guardians, depicting Tut as Osiris, god of the underworld, its skin painted black as a symbol of death. He took 48 photos of a statue, then combined them for the cover image. His work sought to capture the emotion of the boy king, Vannini tells Nat Geo’s Sylvia Mphofe and Emily Martin.
“Taking a photo means nothing,” he says, “if others don’t see it.”
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY HARRY BURTON | | | A treasure is found: Life-size statues that guarded the burial chamber when it was found 100 years ago. The cover image was stitched together from about 48 photos of the guardian statue on the left. Read: How Tut was discovered | | | |
| | What did he carry to the afterlife? Tutankhamun died unexpectedly in his late teens. Much of the jewelry in his tomb was likely made for his burial, but this exquisite falcon-shaped pendant shows signs of wear and was likely his personal belonging. Read: Tut’s 5,000 treasures, by the numbers | | | |
| | The king’s seat: Tut’s throne features a tender scene. His queen, Ankhesenamun, rubs him with perfumed oil as they bask under the sun. See: Unwrapping the mummy | | | |
 | | VIDEO BY VALERIA LUONGO | |
Dance of the Flyers: It’s an act of beauty and grace meant to inspire the gods to behave with similar kindness. The tradition of spinning upside-down from a high pole (pictured above) has been passed down through the generations and reserved only for men. However, a new era of women flyers is growing and opening the door for others to follow, Nat Geo reports.
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Croaked: A yellow eyelash viper makes quick work of a masked tree frog in Chocó Forest, a threatened biodiversity hotspot in Ecuador. The viper earned its name from the long scales that extend over its eyes like eyelashes. And just below those split pupils? Heat-detecting pits that spelled a bad day for the frog. Want more animal news? New snake species are coming out of the ground in Ecuador. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPHS BY KENDRICK BRINSON | |
Being distinctive: Photographer Kendrick Brinson tried to do something different for our story on America’s fastest-growing sport: pickleball. Above left, Clay Hess poses for a portrait between matches at Washington State’s biggest outdoor tournament. Above right, pickleball pro J. "Gizmo" Hall, who mentors at-risk youth, poses with his wife, Laine, and their two children—Evalyn, 11, and David, 9—on the court next to their home in Goldvein, Virginia.
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| This newsletter has been curated and edited by David Beard, Jen Tse, Heather Kim, and Sydney Combs. Amanda Williams-Bryant, Alec Egamov, Rita Spinks, and Jeremy Brandt-Vorel also contributed this week. Have an idea? We’d love to hear from you at david.beard@natgeo.com. Thanks for reading! | | | |
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