Tutankhamun Funerary Bed Lion 3D model

Like the two other animal-sided beds, it is made of gilded wood in four detachable units: the two sides, a mattress, and a wooden frame with sockets for dowels beneath the feet of the lions. The sides are joined to the mattress by hooks and staples. An inscription on the mattress names Mehturt as the deity represented by the lions (which may equally well be lionesses), but Mehturt was cow goddess, not a lioness. A lioness goddess, Isis-Meht, is, however, named in the inscription on the cow bed and it seems clear that the two inscriptions were inadvertently transposed by the engraver. The animals on this bed probably therefore represent Isis-Meht, whose special functions are not known, and consequently the purpose of the bed is hard to determine. Nevertheless, beds of a similar form are depicted in scenes of royal births carved on temple walls and it may be inferred that this bed was part of the equipment intended for Tutankhamun's rebirth after death.

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The tomb of young pharaoh Tutankhamun (designated KV62 in Egyptology) is located in the Valley of the Kings, near Thebes, Egypt (modern-day Luxor). It is renowned for the wealth of valuable antiquities that it contained. Howard Carter discovered it in 1922 underneath the remains of workmen's huts built during the Ramesside Period; this explains why it was largely spared the desecration and tomb clearances at the end of the 20th Dynasty, although it was robbed and resealed twice in the period after its completion.

The tomb was densely packed with items in great disarray due to its small size, the two robberies, and the apparently hurried nature of its completion. It took eight years to empty due to the state of the tomb and to Carter's meticulous recording technique. The contents were all transported to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Tutankhamun's tomb had been entered at least twice not long after his mummy was buried. The outermost doors were unsealed leading into the shrines enclosing the king's nested coffins, though the inner two shrines remained intact and sealed.

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