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Mummy of Tutankhamun, Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings | Valley of the Kings - Luxor, Egypt (20230219_143247.jpg)

Mummy of Tutankhamun, Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings

The contents of the tomb are by far the most complete example of a royal set of burial goods in the Valley of the Kings, numbered at 5,398 objects. Some classes of object number in the hundreds: there are 413 shabtis (figurines intended to do work for the king in the afterlife) and more than 200 pieces of jewellery. Objects were present in all four chambers in the tomb as well as the corridor. The efforts of the robbers, followed by the hasty restoration effort, left much of the tomb in disarray when it was last sealed. By the time of the discovery, many of the objects had been damaged by alternating periods of humidity and dryness.
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