Aegean Influence in the Tomb Of Kha?

Abstract

This paper argues that a pair of bronze tweezers, also known as a curling tong or ‘composite tool’, from the Tomb of the architect Kha at Deir el Medina may reflect early Egyptian relations with the Mycenaean world. Though the objects such as these were known and manufactured in Egypt for several centuries before the burial of Kha, the shape of this particular object, which is now in the Egyptian Museum of Turin, is remarkable and betrays Mycenaean stylistic influence. This notion is further supported by other Aegean elements in the Tomb of Kha and elsewhere at Deir el Medina.