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The Egyptian Museum (2)



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Basic Funeral Equipment

Gold death mask of Tutankhamen


An outer (second) coffin of wood overlaid with gold and semiprecious stones


Wood shrine overlaid with gold sheet, with sledge overlaid with silver


Wooden, gilded statue of Selket, protecting Tutankhamen's shrine


Figure of Goddess Isis protecting Tutankhamen's shrine


Sarcophagus of brown quartzite with a pink granite lid tented to the color of the box


Canapic chest made of alabaster with gilded dado, on a gilded wooden sledge


Bracelets, but possible anklets made of crystalline limestone inlaid with lapis lazuli bordered with gold wire


Ivory ring inlaid with bronze or copper with the cartouche of Tutankhamen


Openwork gold buckle showing Tutankhamen in a chariot drawn by two horses


Pendant with sun god theme, including scarab holding the sign of infinity flanked by two baboons on gold shrines


Gold pendant with various deities


Bracelet with scarabs and Netjer-ankh holding the symbols of infinity


Necklace with the Eye of Ra


Vulture pendant with obsidian eyes and lapis lazuli beak


Pectoral of kheper scarab


Golden amulet found around the neck of the mummy of Tutankhamen depicting a winged uraeus


Gold bangle with openwork scarab encrusted with lapis lazuli


Sun god pendant, with scarab/part-falcon representing Sun God

 


Gold cloisonne earrings representing birds with ducks' heads and falcons' wings


Necklace with gold pendant symbolizing the moon sailing across the sky

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