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Bakery-brewery (28 3/4 in. long × 21 5/8 in. wide × 11 7/16 in. tall)
On March 17, 1920, inside a sealed tomb chamber in the necropolis at Thebes, Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptologist Herbert Winlock discovered an extraordinary set of wooden structures. Save for this chamber, the tomb had been plundered in antiquity, meaning Winlock was the first person to see the models in nearly 4,000 years. The tomb belonged to a royal official named Meketre, or The Sun Is My Protection, who served un
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