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The third and innermost coffin of Tjuyu - courtesy Hans Ollermann - CC-BY

Actually there are several though only one has been found which is ’solid’ gold, that of Tutankhamun.  However, the Pharaoh  Sheshonq II had a solid silver coffin with gilded details in the form of the hawk-god, Sokar.

Many ‘gilded’ coffins are found in the museum collections around the world.  The gilded coffin of Tjuya is one of the more famous.  It is an immense coffin, almost seven feet long.  It is covered with red gold, inlaid with obsidian, alabaster and blue Egyptian glass.

Another gilded coffin from the same tomb is that of Yuya and is covered with gilded plaster.

Yuya  and Tjuya , were the father and mother of Queen Tiye the main wife of King Amenophis III of the 18th dynasty.

Many cartonnage coffins from the Ptolmaic and Roman era are also gilded but many of these have an ‘artificial’ gilding.  The Egyptians created this artificial gilding by applying alternate layers of red and yellow paint, then buffing them so thin both colors seemed to mix and the buffing created the needed ‘metalic shine.’

A recent find of a Roman era Egyptian cemetery had so many of these ‘gilded’ cartonnage covered mummies, it is known as the Valley of the Golden Mummies.  And not all of them had a faux gold finish, some of them had a finish made of gold leaf.

So yes, there are other golden sarcophagi from Egypt besides that of King Tut.

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