QUICK FACTS
Name: Sandals of Tutankhamun
What it is: A decorated pair of leather sandals
Where it is from: King Tut's tomb, Valley of the Kings, Egypt
When it was made: Circa 1330 B.C.
When British archaeologist Howard Carter and local Egyptians excavated the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922, they found thousands of artifacts buried with the young pharaoh. These sandals were one of the dozens of pairs of footwear that carried Tut to the afterlife, but the depiction of defeated enemies on their insoles makes them unique.
