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Stopper from one of the canopic urns from the tomb of Tutankhamun, 18th Dynasty. The head of the king is wearing the nemes, royal headdress. The urn contained the king's organs removed during mummification. The tomb of the 18th Dynasty Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun (reigned 1333-1323 BC) was discovered in 1922 by the British archaeologist Howard Carter. Uniquely amongst Egyptian royal tombs, its contents were intact. From the collection of the Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt.