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THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN

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Page 1: THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN. The Burial Chamber It’s the only room in the entire structure that is decorated 3 pictures of Tutankhamen are seen as well as

THE TOMB OF

TUTANKHAMEN

Page 2: THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN. The Burial Chamber It’s the only room in the entire structure that is decorated 3 pictures of Tutankhamen are seen as well as

The Burial Chamber

It’s the only room in the entire structure that is decorated

3 pictures of Tutankhamen are seen as well as Osiris performing the ‘opening of the mouth’ ceremony.

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Shabti

Shabti means “answerers”

There were 413 shabti in Tutankhamens tomb

Only 29 of them were inscribed

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Goddess Isis

She is extended her arms across one of the sides of the canopic chest in a scene of protection

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Statue of Selkis

A statue made of guilded wood

One of the 4 protective deities of the Canopic shrine

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Life Sized Statues

2 life sized statues that stood guard at the door to the burial chamber

Made of wood, painted with black resin and overlaid with gold

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The Royal Throne

This is the back panel of the Golden throne

Made of wood, covered with sheet gold and adorned with semiprecious stones

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Tutankhamen’s Mask

Made of solid gold Had the function of

magically protecting him

Weighs 10kg Decorated with

semiprecious stones and coloured glass

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The Third Coffin

Made of solid gold, 110.4kg, 188cm in length

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Jewellry

Pectoral of the sun god represented by both the scarab and the falcon which are fused as one.

The eye of Horus represents the moon

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A large corselet found amongst furniture

It is the God Amun Ra receiving Tutankhamen

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Goddess Sekhmet

One of the 4 goddesses protecting the canopic chest of Tutankhamen

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King Tutankhamen

A statue of Tutankhamen being carried by a tiger. It represents the pharaohs ability to rule over all things in life

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The Sun

The sun above the golden coffin

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Canopic Chest

The 4 jars within the canopic chest

Made of stone and carved into the image of the 4 sons of Horus – protectors of the viscera

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The Wooden Shrine

It is covered with thick gold foil

Originally contained a gold statuette of the pharaoh that was stolen

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The Throne

A full sized picture of the throne of Tutankhamen

Wood with foil gold

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Chests

Made from alabaster, wood and other materials

Painted with scenes from the kings life eg: riding chariots, hunting

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Anubis Shrine

The god of embalming

In the shape of a jackal

Guards the entrance to the treasury

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Gold rings from the tomb

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The protective eye of Horus