Dazzling leopard’s head of Tutankhamun’s collection housed in Egyptian Museum in Tahrir

CAIRO – 7 November 2022: Tutankhamun’s collection housed in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir include the head of a leopard bearing King Tutankhamun's cartouche engraved between its eyes.

The leopard’s head statue was discovered in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings. It is 17 centimeters in height and belongs to the Eighteenth Dynasty in the era of the New Kingdom.

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Also, featured among Tutankhamun's holdings is a necklace made of gold and precious stones in the form of a temple depicting a Djed between the two goddesses Isis and Nephthys. 

Additionally, there are four cartouches of King Tutankhamun, which were found in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor. The necklace is 16.3 centimeters wide and 12 centimeters in height and belongs to the Eighteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom.

The Egyptian Museum had opened an exhibition entitled “The Centenary of the Discovery of King Tutankhamun’s Tomb: Tutankhamun and His Family.” 

A total of 18 artifacts belonging to King Tutankhamun were displayed in the exhibition, including belongings that were not discovered inside his tomb in 1922. Some of the relics were displayed for the first time.