The family of mask vendor Boniface Kariuki who was shot during protests announced burial arrangements. They called on the ...

Recently, a team at the University of York has been investigating the pierced ears of Tutankhamun's burial mask.It's a feature that, the team claims, was usually reserved for female or young ...

A Vietnamese seafarer has been jailed for modifying a mask used by a colleague before he entered a tank. Le Thanh Dung, 36, ...

“I was sure the death mask was not specifically designed for King Tut,” says Fletcher. 4 The golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun in his burial chamber is seen in the Valley of the Kings, in ...

His death mask, and a pocketbook made of his skin (!) are on display at Scotland's Surgeon's Hall Museum. David Cheskin - Pa Images / PA Images via Getty Images. 12. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

An overlooked feature on King Tutankhamun's death mask has revealed how the young ruler was buried. King Tut ruled during Egypt's 18th Dynasty, from 1332 BC to 1323 BC before he died at 19.

The death mask was found in 1925 by the Egyptologist Howard Carter during his excavations of Tutankhamun’s tomb which his team rediscovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings near the city of ...

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him.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 ...

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him.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 ...

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him.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 original burial place of Nefertiti has still not been discovered, although a mummy which may be the queen has been. In 2015, Reeves proposed that Nefertiti’s burial place lies behind a wall of ...

Tutankhamun’s mask in situ in 1925. The Griffith Institute/The Howard Carter Archives. The original burial place of Nefertiti has still not been discovered, although a mummy which may be the ...