The Exhibition

Model of a cruise ship

Dimensions: L. 118 cm

In the tomb of Tutankhamun 35 wooden and painted ship models were found. Some represent cruise ships with sails and complete rigging. A platform with a canopy is available to the pilot at the bow, and the same to the helmsman at the stern. The roof of the cabin in the central area of the ship could be entered via a staircase.

Ostrich feather fan

L 105,5 cm, B. 18,5 cm

This magnificent fan was once decorated with thirty white and brown ostrich feathers on its upper, semicircular rim, which Tutankhamun had himself captured as trophies during an ostrich hunt. The fan of gilded wood is decorated on both sides with depictions of such a hunt. On one side of the fan-blade is Tutankhamen - standing in the chariot with his bow arched - as he aims at a fleeing ostrich. The animal already hit by an arrow in the neck is rushed by his dog, and his chariot horses blow up the bouquet.

View into the Antechamber

"Everywhere the glitter of gold!" Remarked Howard Carter when he entered the antechamber on November 26, 1922. Until that time no one knew how magnificent the royal tombs of the 18th dynasty were, as all other royal tombs were robbed in the Valley of the Kings.

Gold mask

H. 54 cm

The eleven pound mask made of solid gold with glass paste and gemstones, the grandiose centerpiece of the entire treasure, was slipped over the head of the King's wrapped mummy. The gold-plated idealized portrait of the young king is in the late Amarna style and unsurpassed in its elegance. The lively eyes are made of bright quartz and obsidian for the pupils. The vulture head of the Upper Egyptian and the serpent body of the Lower Egyptian coat of arms goddess sit on the striped headscarf at forehead height. The lobules of different sized ears were pierced to receive jewelry. The mask not only covered the face, but continued on the chest with a broad, falcon-headed collar.

Detail of the golden inner coffin

Al igual que con la mascara de oro, los rasgos faciales siguen el retrato real idealizado oficial. The incrustation of color in color oscuro, sin embargo, descomposieron a causa de las esencias, at the same time, as a result of the complication of extradition, puesto que el ataúd interior estaba adherido al segundo ataúd por los antiguos aceites esenciales que se habían solidificado.

Inner coffin of gold

L. 187 cm, B. 51,3 m, H. 51 cm

The inner coffin is made of pure gold with inserts of glass paste and gemstones and represents with 110.4 kg the most spectacular single object of the sepulchral. Also this coffin gives the wrapped in a plum king king mummy with braided gods beard, Szeptern in the crossed arms and king scarf again.
The pen drawing and the inscriptions of the coffin itself, as well as the excellently crafted relief figures of the goddesses Isis and Nephthys, have been chiseled into the thick gold sheet in the leg area. This was originally also the case with the goddesses in the form of birds: only later were the metal sheets with the precious inserts placed over the older chased reproductions.

Middle coffin

L. 204 cm, B. 68 m, H. 78,5 cm

The middle coffin of Tutankhamun reproduces the plumed king. By its insignia and the braided god beard is characterized as ruler of the hereafter. The striped royal handkerchief Nemes is reminiscent of the famous gold mask because of its inserts.

Sandals

L. 28 cm

These probably never worn sandals, in the original of wood, leather and gold leaf, are painted with bound enemies, dark-skinned Nubians and pointed-bearded Asians. Over their heads and under their feet, four bows each are visible. These arches symbolize crunching under his feet.

Cap of a bust-shaped canopic glass of King
The royal bust, whose original is made of calcite, is one of the four busts that, in their function as tapas, close the four canopic vessels that contain small golden coffins with the mummified viscera of the king: the liver, the stomach, the Lungs and intestines.

Canopic chest

H. 85,5 cm, B. 54 cm

The canopic chest, whose original is made of calcite, is firmly attached to a sleigh with gold leaf supports, which facilitated transport. Inside it has four vertical canopic vessels to hold the small coffins that contain the King's entrails. The four canopic vessels are in turn closed by caps in the form of a real bust. Four goddesses that stand out in relief form the corners of the chest and extend their protective arms to the sides. A frieze of gold leaf with sacred emblems of Isis and Osiris surrounds the bottom of the box.

Plinth with the figure of Anubis

L. 270 cm, B. 52 cm, H. 118 cm

On the mobile cover of the portable plinth is the figure of Anubis in the form of a jackal, in a tense alert posture that expresses the function of guardian of the god. The carefully crafted figure is carved in wood, primed with plaster and set in black. Inlaid caps enclose the eyeballs of quartz and obsidian. Silver was used for the claws. During the discovery, the figure was wrapped in a canvas, which had been drawn up in the 7th year of King Akhenaten's reign.

Detail of a compound arch

L. 103 cm

The compound bow had been found with other bows, arrows, containers and rods, forming a package in the side chamber. It is made of wood, covered with birch bark and has alternately decorated areas above and below the alternating diamond stripes, diamond ribbons, braided strips and chess ornaments. These designs frame on both sides of the handle two ornamental fields in the front and back, in which you can see a feathered horse and an ibex.

Carriage

Shaft length 216 cm; drawbar length 250 cm

The carriage, with its rich decoration and gold leaf lining, is not fit for war and should have served as the King's float. Its frame is composed of several bent wooden slats, and the body is covered with wood covered with gold leaf; The floor is formed by a network of leather straps. The axle decorated with metal inlay supports wheels with six spokes. The cart extends outward in a spiral pattern. The elaborate interior decoration shows, among others, captive and kneeling prisoners.

Throne of Tutankhamun with footrest

H. 104 cm, B. 53 cm; Footrest: L. 63,5 cm B.53 cm

The original was made of wood covered with gold leaf and silver set, alabaster with red back, glass and precious stones; Inlaid golden wood footrest. The scene on the back shows, according to Amarna's religion, how the royal couple receives the life of the rays of the sun god, Aton. As the real names on the struts on the back show, the famous golden throne was commissioned when Tutankhamun became King at the age of nine and was still called Tutankhaton. Recent research suggests that the throne originally comes from the time of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.
Nubians and Asians, who are literally under the feet of the pharaoh, are represented on the wooden footrest with blue majolica.

Miniature Coffins Set

Original made of wood, covered with black or gold resin on plaster base

L. 57,3 cm, B. 22,3 cm

The mother-shaped outer coffin covered with black resin contained a golden internal coffin that had amulets in other miniature caskets: a tuft of grandmother Tiyi's hair and a gold pendant with a small king figure.

Figure of the enthroned goddess Sekhmet

H. 55,2 cm

The lioness-headed goddess Sekhmet was worshiped primarily at Memphis, where she had a presence as the wife of the god of the city Ptah. His name means "powerful." She was the lady of war and disease, but she also had the power to heal and, therefore, was considered the patron goddess of Egypt's doctors. His vivacious eyes and the tip of his nose were originally made of vitreous paste.

Figure of God Menkeret with the King

H. 84,5 cm

The original of this figure was made of gilded wood with glass inlay. It is presumed that the god Menkeret, known only for burial ceremonies and the books of the underworld, elevates the king to heaven in the hereafter.

Figure of the god Ptah

H. 60,2 cm

Ptah is, first and foremost, the creative god who creates through his word. The original of the statue of the god Ptah, which appears unusually depicted with plumage, has a face covered with yellow gold leaf bread, and in the rest of the figure, reddish tone. His blue headdress was made of crockery. God has his typical scepter, which unites the symbols of life, duration and strength, made here of copper inlaid with gold.

King figure on a leopard

H. 85,6 cm

Figure of the king on the black leopard, whose original is wood covered with gold leaf and crystal inlays and golden bronze attributes, with a scepter on the left and a flajelo in the right hand. According to popular belief, the leopard embodies an ancient goddess of heaven, who carries the deceased king in his body.

Banner of God Sopdu

H. 65,5 cm

The falcon with the double crown of feathers of the banner, whose original was made of gilded wood with glass inlays, represents, according to the inscription, the god Sopdu. Sopdu was an ancient local god of the eastern delta, who guarded and controlled the eastern desert of Egypt. He probably also participated in the royal burial ritual as a border guard.

Figure of the god Shu

H. 74 cm

The statue with the crown of four feathers, whose original is made of gilded wood, represents the god of air Shu. God embodies the space between heaven and earth. It is the god who raises the goddess from heaven and, therefore, separates her from the god Geb from the earth.

King figure in a papyrus boat

H. 75 cm

The original of this magical figure, which shows the King with the crown of Lower Egypt as harpooner, was made of gilded wood with bronze inlay, vitreous and obsidian paste and the attributes were gilded bronze and copper alloy. Tutankhamun acts here in the role of the god Horus, which is similar to that of St. George, who fights the dragon in the subsequent Christian tradition, fighting against evil.

Figure of the god with jackal head Duamutef

Originale aus vergoldetem Holz mit schwarzer Bemalung

H. 58 cm

The god Duamutef is one of the four sons of Horus and protector of the canopy vessels. The gods of the canopic vessels help the deceased in the funeral ritual and even in his ascension to heaven and his transformation into a fixed star of the night sky.

Figure of a snake

H. 44 cm

Only three of the numerous gods’ figures in the black shrines show gods in pure animal form. One of these depicts a rearing cobra or uraeus serpent with its hood outspread. The caption on the black pedestal gives Tutankhamun’s throne name and describes him as beloved of the “living god”. A god in serpent form with this name appears as a gatekeeper in the Book of “That-Which-Is-in-the-Netherworld”. The acutely animated eyes of the serpent god are of inlay work in quartz and bronze.