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The mask of Tutankhamun is a gold funerary mask that belonged to Tutankhamun, who reigned over the New Kingdom of Egypt from 1332 BC to 1323 BC, during the Eighteenth Dynasty. After being buried with Tutankhamun's mummy for over 3,000 years, it was found amidst the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by the British archaeologist Howard Carter at ...
The death mask of 18th century sailor Richard Parker Golden funeral mask of Tutankhamun Posthumous portrait bust of Henry VII of England by Pietro Torrigiano, supposedly made using his death mask A death mask is a likeness (typically in wax or plaster cast ) of a person's face after their death , usually made by taking a cast or impression from ...
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A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him. The earring holes on the mask provide an obvious clue the mask was intended for a high-status ...
The entry section of the Exhibition displays general information about Tutankhamun's life and death. A life-size model of Tutankhamun's mummy is displayed. The exhibitors claim that it took more than two years to recreate the mummy. X-ray pictures taken from the real mummy helped to make an exact copy. The ante-chamber contains replicas of ...
King Tutankhamun's death mask. (TODAY) Tutankhamun 's tomb was discovered in 1922 nearly 400 miles south of the site in Giza in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, by British archaeologist Howard ...
Tutankhamun and his queen, Ankhesenamun Tutankhamun was born in the reign of Akhenaten, during the Amarna Period of the late Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.His original name was Tutankhaten or Tutankhuaten, meaning "living image of Aten", [c] reflecting the shift in ancient Egyptian religion known as Atenism which characterized Akhenaten's reign.
The researchers behind the facial reconstruction said the result was ‘amazingly close’ to a previous one