Historians have acknowledged before that the Egyptian court may have been forced to rely on readily available items for King Tutankhamun’s funeral — including someone else’s burial mask.

Whatever flaws King Tut inherited in this life, however, the image he left for eternity is one of luminous perfection—his iconic funeral mask crafted of gold, regarded by the ancient Egyptians ...

Unlike the pyramid that held the remains of King Tut, the newly found burials were ... goods included 5,000 items including solid gold funeral shoes, statues, games and strange animals.