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).
One suggestion is that it may be the mummy of his wife, or [Egyptian Queen] Nefertiti, or possibly Tut's mother Kia, said James Phillips, professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois and an archaeologist with the Field Museum in Chicago, before the final coffin was opened.