- Treasures of Tutankhamen -
1- Tutankhamun 3rd anthropoid coffin :
Valley of the Kings. KV 62, the tomb of Tutankhamun (1336-1327 BC). The Burial Chamber. 3rd (innermost) anthropoid coffin, head wearing nemes. (Carter number 255). Handbeaten solid gold inlaid with semi-precious stones.
2- Portrait bust of Tutankhamun:
Valley of the Kings. KV 62, the tomb of Tutankhamun (1336-1327 BC). The Antechamber. Upper part of the portrait bust of Tutankhamun, of uncertain purpose, perhaps a mannequin for the King's clothes or jewellery. Wood overlaid with painted gesso.
3- Statuette of Tutankhamun with leopard:
Valley of the Kings. KV 62, the tomb of Tutankhamun (1336-1327 BC). The Treasury. Statuette of Tutankhamun wearing the white crown and holding staff and flail, carried upon the back of a black leopard. Wood decorated with gilded gesso and bronze inlays.
4-Throne:
Valley of the Kings. KV 62, the tomb of Tutankhamun (1336-1327 BC). The Antechamber. Back of the ceremonial throne showing Tutankhamun's cartouches and four uraei crowned with sun-disks. Wood overlaid with sheet gold inlaid with faience, glass and calcite.
5- Tutankhamun's mask:
Valley of the Kings. KV 62, the tomb of Tutankhamun (1336-1327 BC). The Burial Chamber. Tutankhamun's funerary mask covered the head and shoulders of the King's mummy. It is the most instantly recognizable object from his tomb. Gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, calcite, carnelian, felspar, quartz and obsidian.
6- Tutankhamun 2nd anthropoid coffin:
Valley of the Kings. KV 62, the tomb of Tutankhamun (1336-1327 BC). The Burial Chamber. Detail of head of Tutankhamun from the 2nd (middle) anthropoid coffin with nemes headdress bearing the royal insignia (Nekhbet-vulture and Buto-uraeus). Wood covered with gold foil inlaid with red, blue and turquoise glass.
7- Tutankhamun Burial Chamber:
Valley of the Kings. KV 62, the tomb of Tutankhamun (1336-1327 BC). The Burial Chamber. View of the Burial Chamber showing sarcophagus and outer coffin. The scenes on the north wall have been especially illuminated for this photograph. There are three scenes, starting from right, Tutankhamun's sucessor King Ay performing Opening the Mouth ceremony before mummified Tutankhamun, Tutankhamun before Nut making nini (a welcoming gesture), and, with his ka, embracing Osiris.
8- Cow-headed couch:
Valley of the Kings. KV 62, the tomb of Tutankhamun (1336-1327 BC). The Antechamber. The cow-headed couch. Three animal-headed couches were found lined up behind one another against the western wall of the Antechamber. Wood overlaid with gilded gesso and paste decoration.
9- Alabaster sculpture of Tutankhamun:
This alabaster sculpture of King Tutankhamun (1332 to 1323 B.C.)
10- Ancient Egyptian Jewel Chest:
Ancient Egyptian Jewel Chest from the Tomb of Tutankhamun's possible great grandparents, Yuya and
Tjuya, is made of wood, decorated with gilding, ivory, faience and ebony. The colors are so fresh it looks like it was made yesterday.
11- Crown of King Tutankhamun:
Crown found on King Tutankhamun’s head when he was discovered
12- The Anubis Shrine:
The Anubis Shrine, lord of the west and protector of “secret things,” this majestic guardian of the royal necropolis was found at the entrance to the Treasury of Tutankhamun's tomb, mounted on a carry sledge. Recumbent on a gilt pylon richly decorated with a motif of hieroglyphic symbols associated with Isis and Osiris, the shrine contained the pharaoh’s ritual embalming equipment. The image of Anubis was carved from wood and varnished with black resin, the ears and collar detailed in gold leaf, and the nails of solid silver. The eyes, made of alabaster and obsidian, were inlaid in gold fittings. The jackal god of the netherworld (known as “He Who Belongs to the Mummy Wrappings”), Anubis was evocative of the wild scavenging dogs that roamed the burial grounds of the Theban desert at night. According to legend Anubis was conceived when Osiris and his sister Nephthys (who was married to their jealous, vengeful brother Seth) accidentally mistook each other for their spouses in the dark.
13- Netjerankh:
Netjerankh, From the western horizon to the east, the sun god’s nightly journey through the subterranean Netherworld was divided into twelve dangerous regions, each representing one of the hours of the night. The guardian of the entrance to the 6 the region was Netjerankh ("The Living God":), a divinity in serpent form associated with the goddess Neith whose emblem is borne on its dilated hood. Aided by this mysterious minor deity, the pharaoh (as the sun god) always emerged on the eastern horizon every morning after his perilous passage. Found in the Treasury, this gilded wooden cobra with eyes of painted quartz bears an inscription proclaiming Tutankhamun "beloved of Netjerankh" .
14- Ushabti Figure:
From time of the late Middle Kingdom (2040-1640 B.C.) funerary mummiform figurines with a visible head were commonly buried in tombs to serve as substitutes for the deceased in the next world. This custom appears to be remnant from the dawn of Egyptian civilization when royal servants were buried with the potentates who owned them. Whereas the average burial included 1 or 2 ushabti (or shawabti) figures, 413 were found in Tutankhamun's tomb, most of them adorned with the archaic tripartite wig. Vertically inscribed on the body, a formula from The Book Of The Dead implores: O ushabti provided to me! If I be summoned to do any labor in the realm of the dead…you shall present yourself on every occasion: “Here am I,” you shall say.
15- Tutankhamun tomb entrance:
Sign in the entrance of king Tutankhamun's tomb