Reasons why King Tutankhamon was not wealthy

Reasons why King Tutankhamon was not wealthy:

1.  He had black painted statues guarding his burial chamber; black paint is in imitation of the luxury wood "Ebony" which was imported from Nubia to the south.
2.  He had gold-plated or clad statues instead of solid gold statues; his first coffin was solid gold, but had glass paste for decoration rather than semi-precious stone inlays.
3.  He was equipped with hand-downs (relics) from his relatives, rather than new items.
4.  His tomb was too small for all his possessions that were crammed into a tight space.
5.  His artwork, though well made, was older than his tomb and mostly came from his childhood.
6.  The economy of  his times was cash-poor due to political and religious factors.
7.  His throne was not in the tomb, and in its place was his childhood throne from Tell Al Amarna (Akhetaton).  

MC 2014.