The third, innermost coffin held King Tut’s mummy, covered with an ornate mask and other trappings of his status. Inside of the three coffins laid the preserved body of the king along with his famous golden death mask. Along with the painted likeness of King Tut, the sarcophagi had paintings of other deities along with other adornments, showing the prevalence and prestige of the ruler.
The paintings allowed the deceased to have a face in the afterlife, making them highly important in the Egyptian religion. Inside of the innermost shrine were three coffins in the shape of a human body, painted with the likeness of the deceased pharaoh mummified within.
Entering the tomb, the team found four gilded shrines - one nested within the next in order of decreasing size, much like Russian nesting dolls. The discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922 by Howard Carter and his archaeological team was highly significant due to the intact nature of the tomb.
