His Innermost Coffin Was Made of Solid Gold King Tut's burial was nothing short of lavish, with his innermost coffin crafted entirely from solid gold. Weighing approximately 110 kilograms ...

After excavations were completed, researchers found more than 5,000 artifacts in King Tut’s tomb. Some of the objects from the collection are widely known, such as his solid gold coffin and ...

Royal epithets on the defaced coffin ... King Tut inherited in this life, however, the image he left for eternity is one of luminous perfection—his iconic funeral mask crafted of gold, regarded ...

The discovery of wooden staffs and clay trays near the sarcophagus of King Tut might be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the Awakening of Osiris. As its name suggests, this ritual is ...

King Tutankhamun has captivated the world ... It contained 5,398 artefacts including two thrones, six chariots, a solid gold death mask and coffin holding his mummy. Image caption, The discovery ...

Crews found evidence of ancient gold mining, processing ... First Royal Tomb Since King Tut Discovered This ancient operation was so robust that an entire mining camp surfaced around it—one ...

CHANCES ARE, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT KING TUT, YOU THINK ABOUT THIS MASK. IT WAS 25 POUNDS SOLID GOLD, AND IT WAS PLACED OVER THE HEAD OF THE MUMMY FROM THE GIANT SARCOPHAGUS. ACTUALLY, THREE THAT ...

The site, once a booming gold mining city called Aten, was discovered beneath the Valley of Kings in Luxor where King Tutankhamun in 2020 and excavations were completed this week. The team ...

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Tutankhamun, or King Tut as he is also known ... Of course inside that coffin is the young pharaoh’s body. Tutankhamun's tomb was hidden for many centuries. It was covered in debris from ...