Editing Tutankhamun (section)

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{{Main|Mask of Tutankhamun}}
[[File:09092019 (25) - Tête taillée du visage de Toutankhâmon.jpg|thumb|An alabaster stopper from his canopic chest]]
Tutankhamun's tomb is the only royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings found in near-intact condition.<ref>Tyldesley, Joyce. Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King. Basic Books, 2012.</ref> There were 5,398 items found in the tomb, including a solid gold coffin, [[Mask of Tutankhamun|face mask]], thrones, archery bows, [[Tutankhamun's trumpets|trumpets]], a [[lotus chalice]], two [[Imiut fetish]]es, [[Egyptian Finger and Toe stalls|gold toe stalls]], furniture, food, wine, sandals, and fresh linen underwear. Howard Carter took 10 years to catalog the items.<ref>{{Cite web|title = King Tut: The Teen Whose Death Rocked Egypt|url = http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151124-tut-biography-egypt-tomb-archaeology/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151127081707/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151124-tut-biography-egypt-tomb-archaeology/|url-status = dead|archive-date = 27 November 2015|website = National Geographic News|access-date = 26 November 2015|first1 = A. R.|last1 = Williams |date = 24 November 2015}}</ref> Recent analysis suggests [[Tutankhamun's meteoric iron dagger|a dagger recovered from the tomb]] had an iron blade made from a [[meteorite]]; study of artifacts of the time including other artifacts from Tutankhamun's tomb could provide valuable insights into metalworking technologies around the Mediterranean at the time.<ref name="Planetary Science">{{cite journal|title=The meteoritic origin of Tutankhamun's iron dagger blade – Comelli – 2016 – Meteoritics & Planetary Science – Wiley Online Library |author1= Daniela Comelli|author2= Massimo D'orazio|author3= Luigi Folco|author4= Mahmud El-Halwagy|author5= Tommaso Frizzi|author6= Roberto Alberti|author7= Valentina Capogrosso|author8= Abdelrazek Elnaggar|author9= Hala Hassan|author10= Austin Nevin|author11= Franco Porcelli|author12= Mohamed G. Rashed|author13= Gianluca Valentini|journal= Meteoritics and Planetary Science|year= 2016|doi=10.1111/maps.12664| volume =51 | issue =7 | pages =1301 |display-authors=etal | bibcode =2016M&PS...51.1301C |doi-access= free}}</ref><ref name=declanx>{{cite news | last =Walsh | first =Declan | title =King Tut's Dagger Made of 'Iron From the Sky,' Researchers Say | newspaper =[[The New York Times]] | date =2 June 2016 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/world/middleeast/king-tuts-dagger-made-of-iron-from-the-sky-researchers-say.html | access-date =4 June 2016}}</ref> Complete study of the iron artefacts from the tomb (besides the blade of a richly decorated golden dagger, small iron chisel blades set into wooden handles, an Eye of Horus amulet, and a miniature headrest) demonstrated that all were made of similar material.<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Katja |last1=Broschat |first2=Florian|last2= Ströbele |first3=Christian|last3= Koeberl |first4= Christian |last4=Eckmann |first5= Eid |last5=Mertah |others=Translated by Manon Schutz|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1346417460 |title=Iron from Tutankhamun's tomb |date=2022 |isbn=978-1-64903-032-0 |location=Cairo|publisher=The American University in Cairo Press |oclc=1346417460}}</ref> Only in 2022, a complex technological and material study of the Tutankhamun's mask was published.<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Katja|last1= Broschat|first2= Christian|last2= Eckmann|first3= Tarek |last3=Tawfik|first4= Thilo|last4= Rehren|first5= Myrtō |last5=Geōrgakopulu|first6= Stavroula|last6= Golfomitsou|first7= Anja|last7= Cramer|first8= Guido |last8=Heinz |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1376256828 |title=Tutanchamuns Mumienmaske Chronographie einer Ikone |date=2022 |isbn=978-3-88467-356-0 |location=Mainz am Rhein|publisher=Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums |oclc=1376256828}}</ref> Many of Tutankhamun's burial goods show signs of being adapted for his use after being originally made for earlier owners, probably Smenkhkare or Neferneferuaten or both.{{sfn|Reeves|2015|p=523}}{{sfn|Tawfik|Thomas|Hegenbarth-Reichardt|2018|pp=181, 192}}{{sfn|Ridley|2019|pp=263–265}}

On 4 November 2007, 85 years to the day after Carter's discovery, Tutankhamun's mummy was placed on display in his underground tomb at [[Luxor]], when the linen-wrapped mummy was removed from its golden sarcophagus to a climate-controlled glass box. The case was designed to prevent the heightened rate of decomposition caused by the humidity and warmth from tourists visiting the tomb.<ref>{{cite news |author=Michael McCarthy |date=5 October 2007 |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3129650.ece |title=3,000 years old: the face of Tutankhaten |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105155115/http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3129650.ece |archive-date=5 November 2007}}</ref> In 2009, the tomb was closed for restoration by the [[Ministry of Antiquities (Egypt)|Ministry of Antiquities]] and the Getty Conservation Institute. While the closure was originally planned for five years to restore the walls affected by humidity, the [[Egyptian revolution of 2011]] set the project back. The tomb re-opened in February 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://ww.dailynewssegypt.com/2019/02/03/long-awaited-for-tutankhamuns-tomb-reopened-after-restoration/|title= Long awaited for Tutankhamun's tomb reopened after restoration|author= Nada Deyaa'|work= Daily News Egypt|date= 3 February 2019|access-date= 2 September 2019|archive-date= 2 September 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190902051806/https://ww.dailynewssegypt.com/2019/02/03/long-awaited-for-tutankhamuns-tomb-reopened-after-restoration/|url-status= dead}}</ref>