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).
King Tut's Mom Not In Tomb. A Sarcophagus found inside tomb KV63 is unveiled for the media at Egypt's Valley of the Kings, outside Luxor, Egypt Wednesday, June 28, 2006. AP Photo/Alfred De Montesquiou. Archaeologists hoped the first tomb discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 80 years would hold the mummy of King Tut's mother.