Golden Shrine and Tutelary Goddesses
A spectacular, gilded canopic shrine containing the pharaoh's embalmed viscera, guarded by the 4 tutelary goddesses: Isis, Nephthys, Neith, and Selket. Photo by Las Cruces CVB

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Golden Shrine and Tutelary Goddesses
A spectacular, gilded canopic shrine containing the pharaoh's embalmed viscera, guarded by the 4 tutelary goddesses: Isis, Nephthys, Neith, and Selket. Photo by Las Cruces CVB

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Golden Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun
A radiant portrait of the young pharaoh in a mask of solid gold, found resting over the head and shoulders of Tutankhamun's linen-wrapped mummy. Photo by Las Cruces CVB

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Golden Bed
The pharaoh's spectacular personal bed, showing signs of wear resulting from use.  Photo by Las Cruces CVB

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Golden Throne and Ceremonial Footrest
The pharaoh's marvelous coronation throne bearing his name in its earlier, heretical Tutankhaton form and portraying an intimate domestic scene of the young royal couple.  Photo by Las Cruces CVB

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Golden Mummiform Coffin
The dazzling lid of a traditional pharaonic mummiform coffin, decorated in the classic Osirine style of the Late New Kingdom.
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Royal Mummy of Pharaoh Tutankhamun and Golden Lion Bier
The 18-year-old pharaoh’s pitiful remains, wrapped in linen bandages enfolding over 150 jewels and amulets and blackened by excessive application of the resins intended to preserve it. Its re-examination in 1968 revealed possible evidence of a fatal blow to the skull.
 Photo by Las Cruces CVB

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Ritual Couch
The divine cow in the form of the celestial canopy, with the sacred function of a solar barque for bearing the pharaoh to the heavens.
 Photo by Las Cruces CVB

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