When Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, he was so stunned by the sheer wealth that he was momentarily struck speechless. The tomb yielded over 5,000 artifacts, most notably the iconic anthropoid coffin weighing 110.4 kilograms of solid gold. While other sites on this list are renowned for individual jewelry pieces, Tutankhamun’s tomb stands as a complete 'luxury vault.' Conservatively, the raw gold value of the coffin alone would exceed $8 million at today's market rates; yet, this figure remains a mere drop in the bucket compared to its immeasurable historical value as a pinnacle of human civilization.