King Tut's
Tomb and Museum
In 1922, the tomb of Tutankhamen was discovered
in Egypt, and while it is quite difficult and dangerous today to
get there for a chance to view this fabulous treasure, it can be
enjoyed, nonetheless, in Las Vegas at the Luxor Hotel. The Tomb
of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt is
almost empty but for the inner coffin and the mummified body of
the famous king, it is just he alone that remains in the valley,
unless there are other tombs yet to be discovered. The majority
of those magnificent artifacts are kept in the Egyptian Museum
in Cairo today, but the exhibit in Las Vegas is also amazing as
the majority of those relics have been replicated for this
reproduction that allows you to visit and view the beauty and
magnificence of the king now and here. The tomb is rather small
compared to the size of the other pharaohs that have been
uncovered, but it had been created in haste, and actually had
been cut for a noble of the court, when it became needed for the
king. There are excellent reproductions of the sentinels that
were discovered in the tomb, along with an outstanding
reproduction of the three golden coffins that had been nested
together around the king's mummy. The tomb is decorated with
colors, but not like one would have expected from such a famous
king. The antechamber of the tomb held the sentinels, various
chests, thrones, animal beds and the model of Tut, with the
burial chamber itself containing the red sandstone sarcophagus,
nested shrines of Tut's burial and coffins. The treasury room
held the golden canopic shrine, numerous chests, the cartouche
chest, the alabaster canopic chest and the golden cow; along
with two smaller coffins with the mummies of infants inside. In
the annex there were jars of oils, ushabti, staffs, chests,
royal beds and chairs, ungent jars, dried foods and the king's
game chest.
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