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Tomb of Tutankhamun, miniature coffin (Egyptian National Museum)     .


Miniature coffin from the tomb of Tutankhamun (photo: Egyptian National Museum).



This is one of four miniature coffins found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, used as containers for this internal organs. They were made of beaten gold, inlaid with red stone carnelian and colored glass. These beautifully-wrought containers served the same function as the canopic jars more widely used in mummy burials..


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