King Tut’s iconic mask is 21 inches tall, inlaid with precious stones, and features a 5.5-pound golden beard as part of the ...

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s mask by researchers ... [they found] the face is made of completely different gold to the rest.” Essentially, the mask, which was meant to depict the ...

Whatever flaws King Tut inherited in this life, however, the image he left for eternity is one of luminous perfection—his iconic funeral mask crafted of gold, regarded by the ancient Egyptians ...

Fletcher observed differences in gold quality between Tut’s mask face and the rest, hinting it was modified. She suggests the mask was adapted to fit the young king after his sudden death.

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Researchers propose that his eye-catching gold funerary mask may have ... "I was sure the death mask was not specifically designed for King Tut," she said. There are clues in the death mask ...

British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team of excavators opened the doors to the sarcophagus of the ruler itself.

The gold burial mask of the ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. AMIR MAKAR/AFP Some ...

On this day, 101 years ago, archeologists unveiled the ancient Egyptian ruler King ... three gold coffins nestled in each other, with the innermost made out of solid gold and containing ...