Photo Gallery

Gold mask of King Tutankhamun (18 din.) - Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Pectoral – Goddess Nut mounted on a gold plaque - Egyptian Museum in Cairo

The golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun dates from 1345 BC. - Egyptian Museum in Cairo

The three pyramids at Giza - in the background: Cairo

The three pyramids at Giza - right Cheops, Chephren in the middle, left Menkaure

Book of the Dead - Papyrus with Osiris and his sister Isis - Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Gold mask - The funerary mask of Tutankhamen (Eighteenth Dynasty) is a masterpiece of Egyptian jewellery. It protected the head, shoulders and part of the bust of the young king’s mummy. Made of solid gold, it weighs 11 kg and is 54 cm tall (Cairo Museum). - 1983