In the U.S., the first show relics from the tomb of Tutankhamun

In the United States was first exposed to the relics of the famous tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun.

The tomb of Tutankhamun, Akhenaten 's son, was found nerazgrablennoy renowned British archaeologist Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor in 1922. In the grave were countless treasures, for the manufacture of which took a huge amount of precious metals. The total weight found in the tomb only to gold and jewelery products exceeded 1.2 tons, RIA Novosti.
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Indeed, the funeral rites of the ancient Egyptians who send their deceased ruler in the world of the gods allows you to uncover the secrets of not only death but also the lives of pharaohs - in fact placed in the tomb of all the most favorite and expensive during the life of Tutankhamun - chair, bed, household items, jewelry, do not .
Exhibits tell about the pharaoh of ancient Egypt who ascended the throne at the age of ten, and who ruled about 1333 - 1323 years BC. In the halls of established famous golden sarcophagus, marble sarcophagus lid from four, to keep the inner organs of the king, scepter, symbolizing the power of Pharaoh, gold jewelry.
A miniature copy of the boat, the belief of the ancient Egyptians, in the other world had become a real ship that will serve the king and his army. In the tomb of Tutankhamun was laid of 35 replicas of boats pharaoh.
Rivet the attention of visitors to exotic jewelry - as, for example, the protective tips of the fingers and toes. In the U.S., and apparently delivered a simple wooden box, in which during the excavations found the tiny coffins of two stillborn girls - scientists believe they were the daughters of Tutankhamun.
A separate room is devoted to a traveling exhibition of modern scientific research based on DNA results were released last year. Scientists say that the boy was not killed as previously believed. No trace of poison found in the tissues did not. Most likely, the young king 's death was caused by two severe illnesses - bone disease and malaria.
The discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb, has kept the young man 's death mask, made this one of Pharaoh's most famous rulers of ancient Egypt, along with Cheops and Ramses II, despite the fact that the reign of Tutankhamen was very short and modest in the history of the ...
For many decades, the mystery of the origin and early death of Tutankhamun was shrouded in an aura of romance. His mother saw the legendary beauty Nefertiti, and the fathers recorded Akhenaten, Amenhotep III and Smenhkara.