Inside lay a sarcophagus with three coffins nested inside one another. The last coffin, made of solid gold, contained the mummified body of King Tut. Among the riches found in the tomb—golden shrines, jewelry, statues, a chariot, weapons, clothing—the perfectly preserved mummy was the most valuable, as it was the first one ever to be discovered. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!
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Beneath these goddesses are two more—Isis and Nephthys—etched into the gold lid. The death mask above is considered one of the masterpieces of Egyptian art. It originally rested directly on the shoulders of the mummy inside the innermost gold coffin. It is constructed of two sheets of gold that were hammered together and weighs Tutankhamen is depicted wearing the striped nemes headdress the striped head-cloth typically worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt with the goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjet depicted again protecting his brow.
He also wears a false beard that further connects him to the image of a god as with the inner coffin. He wears a broad collar, which ends in terminals shaped as falcon heads.
The back of the mask is covered with Spell b from the Book of the Dead, which the Egyptians used as a road map for the afterlife. You cannot download interactives. Egypt was a vast kingdom of the ancient world. It was unified around B. Today Egyptologists, archaeologists who focus on this ancient civilization, have learned a great deal about the rulers, artifacts, and customs of ancient Egypt.
Use these resources to teach your students about the ancient Egyptians. King Tutankhamen was largely erased from history until his tomb was discovered in the s. His tomb and mummy are still being studied using high-tech tools. King became the most important and influential civil rights leader in the United States.
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