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15 Bizarre Things Found in King Tut’s Tomb That No One Talks About

Trista July 3, 2025 8 min

8. A Lock of Hair

by ovedc egyptian museum (cairo) 214 — Nested set of small coffins containing a lock of hair belonging to Tiye, Tutankhamun’s grandmother. Source: Wikipedia

Tucked away in a tiny, ornate coffinette, archaeologists discovered a lock of hair attributed to Queen Tiye, King Tut’s grandmother. This intimate relic, carefully labeled, underscores the profound importance Egyptians placed on personal mementos in funerary rites. Such keepsakes, rarely preserved in royal burials, suggest a deep familial bond and a desire for ancestral connection in the afterlife. Find more details at Live Science.

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8. A Lock of Hair

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