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The world famous Mask of King Tut
| TUTANKHAMUN
- The Egyptian Museum in Cairo contains the most extensive collection of
Pharaonic artifacts, but the most important collection is that of the funerary
items from the tomb of Tutankhamun. After the tomb's discovery in the Valley of
the Kings in 1922, much of the contents were transferred to this great museum.
The gold coffin is made of 450 pounds of solid gold. It is one of the finest
examples of goldsmithing work in history. These are some of the only treasures
from a Pharaonic tomb as all the others were taken by tomb robbers shortly after
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Alabaser jars to keep king Tut's internal organs |
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Statue of 365 servants to serve him 365 days a year in his new life |
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This page was last updated on
Monday November 14, 2005 |
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