Random Odd And Insane Things Ancient Pharaohs Were Buried With (12 items)

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  (#10) Fancy Chariots And Even Some Not So Fancy Chariots

  In order to gallop out the hunt in the afterlife, pharaohs needed chariots...and boy, did they have them. King Tut had six buried in his tomb with him: three for decorative use, and three for everyday affairs. It would be hard to stick fully-constructed chariots in a low-ceilinged tomb, so they were dismantled before being stowed away for eternity. The technology, which reached Egypt in the second millennium B.C.E., was a favorite one to use in both war and play.
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  (#2) Sarcophagus

  King Tut was buried not just with a lot of stuff, but also with two unborn fetuses. In fact, they were his own biological children, possibly stillborn twins that his wife, Queen Ankhesenamun, gave birth to. One fetus was aged five months, the other between seven and nine months. Alternatively, Egyptologist Zahi Hawass doesn't believe these were Tut's kids, but someone else's children that would be reborn in the afterlife.
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  (#5) Elaborate Board Games

  Pharaohs needed to have fun after death - don't we all? - so they stocked up on board games in their tombs. One really popular one was senet, translated as "passing." It was sort of an ancient version of Parcheesi. Folks played them on many-squared boards; if you were rich, the boards might be made out of fancy materials like faience. Fun!
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  (#4) Statues Of Servants

  Every good pharaoh needed servants in the afterlife, but it wasn't practical - or humane - to sacrifice a lot of people and stick their corpses in the tomb. Instead of commiting mass murders, the clever Egyptians crafted tons of tiny human figurines, called ushabti, that would come alive to serve their kings in the afterlife. Originally, the ushabti were depicted as mummies, but they eventually took on more unique forms and professions, like nobles or farmers.
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  (#8) Jars Full Of Body Parts

  To live on in the afterlife, the deceased had to have their body parts buried with them, but their organs were removed during mummification, so priests stuck four major organs (liver, stomach, lungs, and intestines), dried out with natron, in containers called canopic jars. Each jar was under the auspices of a god, one of the four sons of Horus, each of whom had a protector goddess counterpart.
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  (#9) Cosmetics, Wigs, And Perfumes

  As anyone would, Egyptians wanted to look good and smell good in the afterlife, so they brought tons of cosmetics with them. Tombs contained makeup kits, used by both men and women, rich and poor. Perhaps the most famous cosmetic, eyeliner (aka kohl), appeared in pots pretty much everywhere. Scent was just as important as looks; salves and perfumes were super-popular. Tut's tomb contained a stunning perfume box, for example, and clearly everyone loved a good wig, as witnessed by the many toppers found in eternal resting places.

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