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The Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamun

 

This coffin of solid gold is covered with incised decorations and inscriptions inside and outside, with the names and epitaph of the deceased king and protective texts. It is inlaid with semiprecious stones and colored glass. Deities of Upper and Lower Egypt protect the body of the coffin with their wings. The coffin weighs 110.4 kilograms or 243.4 pounds.

 

Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 60671

 

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Uploaded on July 22, 2019