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The Tomb

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The Tomb

The Tomb
The Tutankhamun London exhibition includes information, housed in galleries, based on various themes including The Tomb. Comprehensive facts and information on The Tomb can be accessed by our sitemap. But this page details fast facts and info that we hope will 'wet your appetite' for Ancient Egyptian History and the Tutankhamun London Exhibition including The Tomb.
 

The Tomb
Fact 1The Tomb of Tutankhamun (1334 BC -1325 BC) is located in the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Thebes (modern day Luxor) and has the reference of KV62
Fact 2The tomb of King Tut was hastily prepared due to the untimely death of the young pharaoh, it is much smaller than the normal royal tombs consisting of only 4 main chambers
Fact 3The purpose of the tomb of King Tut was as a dwelling place called The Eternal House of the Dead.
Fact 4The tomb was constructed in such a way as to best promote the well-being, and ensure the preservation, of the dead pharaoh and his Ka, Ba and Ahk.
Fact 5The Ancient Egyptians provided for their afterlives according to their earthly means. When Tutankhamun died, his most most precious  possessions were locked into his tomb to enable him to enjoy a wonderful existence in the afterlife.
Fact 6The number of artefacts found in the Tomb of Tutankhamun numbered over 3500 and took Howard Carter 10 years to catalogue
Fact 7The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by the English Egyptologist Howard Carter in November 1922
Fact 8Each wall of the tomb has a specific theme. The East Wall depicts the Funeral Procession, the West Wall contains text from the Amduat, the South Wall depicts his arrival in the Underworld and the North Wall of the tomb shows the arrival of Tutankhamun in the Afterlife.
Fact 9The tomb of Tutankhamun contained four gilded shrines nested one inside the other in order of decreasing size. The innermost shrine contained the red quartzite sarcophagus of King Tut which protected three anthropoid, or man-shaped, coffins.
Fact 10The first two anthropoid coffins were made of gilded wood but the final coffin was made of solid gold. The solid gold coffin housed the mummy of King Tut which was directly covered by his fabulous golden death mask.
Fact 11Royal death masks or burial masks such as the fabulous golden mask of Tutankhamun, the boy King Tut, were made of gold in the image of the deceased
Fact 12The mask like many other objects in the tomb is made of gold which is inlaid with semi-precious stones, coloured glass paste and the eyes are made with obsidian and quartz
Fact 13The Treasure is made of priceless gold and silver and encrusted with precious jewels
Fact 14The 'Treasury' was guarded by the magnificent statue of the god Anubis and contained jewel chests containing priceless jewelry, model boats and the golden shrine which contained the canopic jars which housed the internal organs of King Tut.
Fact 15Between the layers of bandages gold amulets and jewelry were added to the mummy of Tutankhamun
Fact 16No less than 143 separate items were wrapped with the mummy of King Tut. 
Fact 17The mummy of Tutankhamun was laid to rest in a priceless solid gold coffin

The Tomb

The Tomb
The Tutankhamun London exhibition includes information, housed in galleries, based on various themes including The Tomb. Comprehensive facts and information on The Tomb can be accessed by our sitemap. But this page details fast facts and info that we hope will 'wet your appetite' for Ancient Egyptian History and the Tutankhamun London Exhibition including The Tomb.

The Tomb
Each section of the King Tut website addresses all topics and provides interesting facts and information about the Golden Age of Pharaohs and of Egypt London Exhibition. The Sitemap provides full details of all of the information and facts provided about the fascinating subject of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun and the The Tomb.

The Tomb

  • The Tomb
  • Interesting facts about King Tut with Key People and Events
  • Fast facts about Tutankhamun
  • Life in Ancient Egypt
  • Interesting Facts and History about King Tut
  • Facts, Information and important people

 

The Tomb

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