Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamun

Ancient Egyptian The Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamun is a solid gold sarcophagus weighing 110.4 kilograms, crafted to cradle the pharaoh's mummy for eternity. Created around 1323 BCE, this coffin lay inside two larger gilded wooden coffins, Russian-doll style. The figure wears the nemes headdress and false beard, clutching the crook and flail of kingship, with protective goddesses Isis and Nephthys spreading their wings across the body.

Howard Carter needed three years to reach this innermost coffin, carefully documenting and removing each layer. When he lifted the lid, he found the famous golden mask covering the mummy's face. The coffin's gold is nearly pure, requiring enormous quantities of the precious metal from Egypt's Nubian mines. The engraved feather pattern covering the body represents Rishi (divine plumage) decoration.

This coffin remains one of the largest gold objects ever created in the ancient world, now displayed at the Grand Egyptian Museum.