In the entrance hall there is a statue of Tut Anch Amun and a picture of the valley of the kings from the air. The original name on the original of the statue was changed later by the general who took the name of pharao after the priest who took it after Tut Anch Amun. The general generally wanted to eliminate every memory of the latest dynasty in order to toughen his own claim. At the entrance there was also a replica of the rosetta stone. Soldiers of Napoleon found it in egypt. It contains the same text in hieroglyphs and greek, so it contained the key to decipher the hierglyphs and unravel the mysteries of ancient egypt. This very interesting model shows the tomb of Tut from the top as excavated and also the parts underground as a glass model. On this map one can see where the valley of the kings lies in egypt. And here it shows where the tomb of Tut Anch Amun lies in the valley of the kings. The glass model of the underground chambers arrangement from a different angle. The whole exhibition is basically two parts separated by a short movie about Howard Carter, the archeologist who discovered the tomb. In the first part panels inform about egypt, egyptian history and the history of the excavation. The second part exhibits the tomb and the treasures. At the end of the first part, before the movies, three screens show some infotainment about Tut Anch Amuns parents, the notorious Echnaton the heretic and the beautiful Nofretete and his grandparents. Some panels about egyptian history. You better read it, as there may be a test sometimes. Just kidding. This schematics show the separate chambers of the tomb and how they are connected very well. This is the first chamber of the tomb. It looks like my roof chamber :-). This is the treasure chamber of the tomb as found by Howard Carter. The single pieces are exhibited in detail later. This is the sarcophagus chamber. The sarcophagus was nested inside four golden shrines and one earthen one. The point in time of the exhibition is when Carter lifted the sarcophagus from the earthen one. The figurines of all the gods a pharao will want on his journey through the afterlife. This panel explains a very important point: You need to have some Ushebtis with you if you want to use your death as your retirement point! Otherwise it's working on the fields all of eternity just like in real. These are the different Usheptis for the different task a pharao might face in the afterlife and might not like to do by himself. One of the paintings of the sarcophagus chamber. The first or rather outermost shrine of the coffin chamber. A sign explaining the first shrine. On the floor of the first shrine Carter had spread some paper and painted in detail how the other shrines, the sarcophagus and some utensils were placed inside the shrine. From the treasure chamber come the ships the pharao can use for all the different occasions the afterlife demands. Supposedly it doesn't matter if they are small in this world. This golden shrine from the treasure chamber is the outermost layer around the canopic jars, the four jars holding the important innards of the pharao. Inside the golden shrine are ivory statues of four godesses guarding the jars inside the canopic chest, the chest containing the canopic jars. Some explanations about the canopic chest. If you look back at the pictures of the treasure chamber, surely you already noticed the jackal god of the dead, Anubis and the mother godess Hathor in front of the canopic shrine. Some of the pharaos jewelry. The throne of the pharao. The footrest contains pictures of egypts enemies, constantly crushed under pharaos mighty feet. A picture of the second shrine of the coffin chamber. Even though the pharao probably doesn't have to fight in the afterlife, he probably will want to hunt lions for sport, so he wants his chariot and his weapons. A sign explaining the weapons. Those shields are obviously ceremonial in character. The pharaos bow, looking quite usuable. Also notice the arrowheads, looking to be made for use. Another view at the chariot. This is the earthen shrine inside the four golden shrines which contained the sarcophagus or rather sarcophagi. The pharao also wants some furniture and other things for daily life in the afterlife. The ancient egypt variant of chess, or by what I remember from reading the rules more like bridge. The sandals of the pharao. Again at the soles the enemies of pharao and egypt were depicted. Crush them, Tut! Ivory vessels for makeup for the high maintenance egypts. More make-up for the beautiful people of ancient egypt. Those are the two sarcophagi inside the shrines. The smaller colorful one was obviously inside the larger golden one. And finally, inside the colorful sarcophagus, the mummy! The top of the inner sarcophagus. Here you can see how the fourth shrine is still nested inside the third. Tut Anch Amuns children all died as babies or were stillborn even. That's why his dynasty died with him. The mummys of the children were also in Tuts tomb. This sign explains them. The tiny sarcophagi of Tut Anch Amuns children. This is the foot of the outer, golden sarcophagus. Supposedly they had to put so many things inside another because they had so many things to write down. Some details from the second shrine. More details from the second shrine. Those two guys are fascinating. Contrary to the other figures which depict animal-headed gods they look quite like they were modeled after real human people living at the time. The bald one appears in many other places too but the one with the big ears looks very much like a real person. Like an ancient egyptian easter egg of an artist perhaps :-). Probably not, the priest would have had his hide. Another view of shrine two to four, four being inside three. The top of the innermost sarcophagus. Some more gods for the pharaos protection and help. More gods. A jewelry for the pharao. The famous death mask of Tut Anch Amun. Everyone knows it, but who has seen its behind? THE famous mask of Tut.