“When the gold was compared ... specifically designed for King Tut,” says Fletcher. The golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun in his burial chamber is seen in the Valley of the Kings ...

Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves thinks there are multiple hidden chambers inside King Tut's tomb that could contain the long lost remains of Queen Nefertiti.

Getty Images Daggers Made of Iron and Gold: While most of the booty found in King Tut’s tomb were spread over 4 large rooms, some were so invaluable they were placed preciously near to the ...

A boy king once consigned to ancient obscurity ... chairs and an alabaster chest that contained four miniature gold coffins for Tutankhamun’s internal organs removed during mummification.

When archaeologist Howard Carter and colleagues discovered King Tut's tomb 100 ... is one of several found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. Made of wood gilded with gold, it has depictions of cows ...

The stone sarcophagus contained three gold coffins nestled in each ... of the legendary curse of Tut's tomb is. Tutankhamun, popularly referred to as "King Tut" today, ruled from about 1332 ...

There is perhaps no other period in human history that has captured minds and imaginations quite like ancient Egypt. “Egyptomania,” or the intense interest in all thing Egypt, was first ...

Three coffins, including the innermost casket made almost entirely of gold, described as “the most impressive find in Egyptian archaeology.” * The mummified remains of King Tut himself ...

When archaeologist Howard Carter found the tomb of Tutankhamun in November 1922, his first words to his wealthy funder went down in history. Asked by Lord Carnarvon if he could see anything as ...

who found thousands of objects, including a stone sarcophagus that contained three coffins inside of each other, with King Tut's mummy on the inside of the last coffin — a coffin made of gold.

King Tut’s tomb is believed to have been built more than ... and the innermost coffin is mummy shaped and made out of solid gold, which weighs 243.4 pounds (110.4 kilograms).