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Sarcophagus in Burial Chamber, Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings | Valley of the Kings - Luxor, Egypt (20230219_143222.jpg)

Sarcophagus in Burial Chamber, Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings

Most of the space in the burial chamber was taken up by the gilded wooden outer shrine enclosing three nested inner shrines and, within them, a stone sarcophagus containing three nested coffins. The sarcophagus is made of quartzite but with a red granite lid, painted yellow to match the quartzite. It is carved with the images of four protective goddesses (Isis, Nephthys, Neith and Serqet), and contained a golden lion-headed bier on which rested three nested coffins in human shape.
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