When King Tut's tomb was discovered - and then opened - people all over the globe were riveted by the mysterious Tutankhamun and his golden treasures. Here's what they found.

Nemes headdress- cloth that covered a crown and backside of head, worn by nobles

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. The coffin’s shape is that of Osiris holding the sacred insignia, the heka scepter and the flail. The vulture and the uraeus, or rearing cobra, protect his forehead. The divine beard is made of gold inlaid with blue glass. Deities of Upper and Lower Egypt protect.

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The mask of King Tutankhamun displayed in the Cairo Museum, Egypt

Few things inspire the popular imagination quite like the boy king of ancient Egypt, King Tutankhamun. He lived and reigned during the third millennium BCE, during a time of relative peace and prosperity for the desert oasis. His reign was remarkable in the fact that it was so unremarkable; in…

Tutankhamun mask - side