The famous King Tut of ancient Egypt has long been a subject of research. However, his prominent death mask recently came ...

This mask would have been worn by a priest during funeral rituals.Mask in the form of the jackal head Anubis, ancient ... until Benny's death in 1968, when it and other Egyptian objects were ...

He died at 19, possibly from an infection linked to a broken leg. In ancient Egypt, death masks helped a pharaoh’s soul recognize their body. Pharaohs’ masks were often crafted from gold ...

They thought it was more important than their life on Earth, so they spent a lot of time planning for their death ... mummy mask is coated in gold leaf. It is a mask for a rich ancient Egyptian.

Ever since British archaeologist Howard Carter first peered into the tomb of ancient Egyptian ... funerary mask may have been intended for someone else but the pharaoh's untimely death, less ...

The gold burial mask of the ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. AMIR MAKAR/AFP Some historians have suggested that the dual qualities of the snake — as both a ...