King Tutankhamun's death mask is one of the most iconic Egyptian relics, but researchers claim it may not have been intended for the late pharaoh. A team from the University of York in the UK say ...

Soon, the elaborately decorated artifact will be transferred to the brand new Grand Egyptian Museum, joining more than 5,000 ...

“Now we’re starting to get real answers ... the most famous items found in Tutankhamun's tomb was the distinctive Death Mask which was placed on the young King's face. The piece of art ...

King Tutankhamun's death mask is one of the most iconic Egyptian relics, but researchers claim it may not have been intended for the late pharaoh. A team from the University of York in the UK ...

This would mean his burial equipment was already essentially completed by his early death, rather than put together in a hurry. Tutankhamun's actual ... the king's gold burial mask.

Tutankhamun’s golden death mask. Photo: Stockphoto Press Portrait Service A photo from 2005 with a model of what King Tut probably ... “Now we’re starting to get real answers, and that ...

While Carter gets much of the credit for discovering the tomb, most of the actual work was ... The most iconic treasure in King Tut's burial chamber is his death mask, made of gold along with ...

There is no doubt, however, that the likeness is of King Tut, as the likeness of a death mask was considered imperative should the person’s soul be able to be reunited with their body for ...

the decidedly pierced ears (on the death mask). "To deepen the enigma, dark spots are scattered across the walls of King Tut's tomb marks that scores of experts point to as a sign the paint was ...

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally ... A somewhat sudden death could have left officials scrambling to get King Tut’s burial chamber in order.