BURIAL TREASURES OF KING TUT

The treasures of Tutankhamun had been marveled at since their discovery by Howard Carter on November 4, 1922. It was the first,
and to this day only, royal tomb in the history in Egyptology to be practically untouched.

The emptying of Tutankhamun’s tomb lasted several years and made possible the discovery of about 3500 articles confirming the
tomb as the most exceptional archeological discovery ever made in Egypt.

The chamber contained four gilded shrines, inside which was a red quartzite sarcophagus containing three nesting coffins.

Tutankhamun’s second innermost coffin, also referred to as the intermediate coffin is made of gilded laminated wood with inlays
of polychrome glass pastes.

Tutankhamun’s third coffin is made of solid, hammered gold and weighs about 450 pounds. The royal mummy of Tutankhamun
mummy was found in this coffin.
 Three models of luxury ships (left) were found in Tutankhamun's tomb. The
baldachins at the bow and stern are decorated with symbols of the sphinx and
the bull. Thirty-two model boats were placed in the tomb for Tutankhamun's
use in the afterworld. At right is one of seven similar model barges found in
the Treasury room. Barges transported people and goods across the Nile.
Since they were equipped with steering oars rather than sails, they would
have been towed across the river in a flotilla.
 Tutankhamun’s famous god funerary mask rested directly on the pharaoh’s
mummy inside the third coffin.
 In Tutankhamun’s time the royals were fabulously wealthy, and they thought
they could their riches with them. For his journey to the great beyond, he was
lavished with glittering goods: precious collars inlaid necklace and bracelets,
rings, sandals, sheaths foe his rings and toes.