Tutankhamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule at the end of the 19th Dynasty during the New Kingdom. Known as “the boy king,” he inherited the throne at just nine years old and mysteriously died less than a decade later, with his burial rushed and his legacy seemingly wiped, leading many to claim he was murdered. In 1922, Howard Carter discovered King Tut’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings, but archaeologists would have to wait almost a century to learn more about his rushed burial.
Famed historian Dan Snow touched on what is believed to have happened during his new Channel 5 series “Tutankhamun with Dan Snow”.
He said in November: “As the pharaoh’s body dehydrated, the vast array of goods that would be buried with him had to be gathered.
“On December 27, 1922, nine weeks into his excavation, Howard Carter started removing those same items from the tomb and transporting them here to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
“Just like the mummification process, there are some intriguing and unexpected anomalies with some of these goods.
Dan Snow was surprised with the discoveries
There are some intriguing and unexpected anomalies
“Egyptologist Dr Glenn Godenho is going to show me some of them.
“First, we’re looking at the jars which held Tuts internal organs following their removal during his mummification.”
Dr Godenho then gave viewers more details.
He explained: “They don’t look like Tutankhamun and that’s what you would expect being in his tomb, with his name on the side, so you’d expect these to have a likeness to him.
“Look at these characters though, they’re all similar – four of them facing each other with very slender features.
“Then have slim lips and very high cheekbones, not what we see when we look at images of Tutankhamun – they look a whole lot more feminine.
“There were a lot more objects like this that don’t appear to be original Tutankhamun pieces, but appear to be imported into his tomb.”
Mr Snow went on to discuss other anomalies discovered inside KV62.
He added: “There are also inconsistencies with the most important burial item of them all, Tut’s coffins.
“He was buried in three, like a Russian doll and the innermost was made of solid gold.
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“It is like nothing else I’ve ever seen in my life.
“What an opportunity, I never thought I’d be lucky enough to do this.”
Dr Godenho pointed out that even one of the coffins does not look like its owner
He detailed: “This inner-most one, the facial features agree quite well with the outer-most coffin.
“However, the middle coffin looks slightly different.
“The features appear slightly thicker than this one, compare the mouthes too, the corners seem a little more downturned on this one.
“The eye is potentially a little bit larger as well and thicker features around the nose, it stands out compared to the other two.”
Mr Snow's new documentary comes following the opening of the new exhibition in London: “Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh.”
More than 150 artefacts have travelled from Egypt to the Saatchi Gallery and will be on display now until May 3, 2020.
For the first time ever, 60 items have left the country, before they return to their permanent home in the new Grand Egyptian Museum next year.
Recently closed in Paris, the exhibition became France’s most visited of all time with an attendance of over 1.4 million.