Dr. Lior Haim is an ophthalmologist in New York, New York and is affiliated with Lawrence and Memorial Hospital. He received his medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College and has been in practice between 11-20 years. He is one of 17 doctors at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital who specialize in Ophthalmology.
The coffin is just over six feet tall and weighs nearly 243 pounds. Gold handles are located on this innermost coffin. The mummy of King Tut, with the head protected by a funerary mask of gold, lapis lazuli, glass, and semi-precious stones (see reconstruction HERE). The mask weighs 24 pounds (11 kg).
Despite his brief reign, King Tut is perhaps Egypt's best known pharaoh because of the wealth of treasuresâincluding a solid gold death maskâfound during the surprise discovery of his intact tomb in 1922.