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Tutankhamon's sarcophagus and burial chamber decoration

In the foreground the quartzite sarcophagus containing the first of three anthropoid sarcophagus of Pharaoh, in gilded wood. In the background the decorationof the north wall: on the right the successor of Tutankhamun, Ay, dressed in leopard skin and khepresh, performs the ritual opening of the mouth on the body of the king represented as Osiris; in the central scene Tutankhamon, dressed in wig, diadem, usekh necklace and white skirt, is in the presence of the goddess Nut who welcomes him into the Duat; on the left the king, followed by his ka, embraces the god Osiris.

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