Not one, but three coffins were present in Tutankhamun's tomb to house the king's remains. The boy-king Tutankhamun's mummified body was found inside the last casket, which was constructed of pure gold. A magnificent anthropoid coffin was discovered when the damaged lid of King Tut's yellow sarcophagus in his tomb was gently pulled away from its foundation using a complex pulley system. The sarcophagus' first of three coffins contained it. This was customary in ancient Egyptian funerals because it was thought that each casket would give another layer of security to the corpse. A depiction of the pharaoh in the afterlife was artistically carved into the innermost coffin, which was composed of pure gold. Each coffin was also embellished with the pharaoh's portrait, his name and other titles, religious passages, and symbols. The belief behind it is that the departed would be protected from harm and wrongdoing in the afterlife by their portraits and messages.