What would you do if you accidentally broke one of the world’s most valuable relics? Glue it back together? Quickly? Before anyone noticed? Well, yes, that might be what you would do, because you ...

A recent analysis by researchers from the University of York suggests that King Tutankhamun's iconic golden death mask may not have been originally crafted for the young pharaoh. Led by Professor ...

Beginning in August, visitors of Tutankhamun's galleries at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir will not be able to admire the king's distinguished gold funerary mask which will leave its original display ...

The golden funerary mask of King Tutankhamun is displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo — Khaled DESOUKI After nearly a century in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, King Tutankhamun's iconic gold mask ...

One of the most reputable facial reconstruction labs brought the faces behind four funerary masks back to vivid life, revealing the extraordinary craftsmanship of Eastern Colombia between the 13th and ...

LUXOR, Egypt — The painted 3,000-year-old face of a woman — her eyes lined in black kohl — stared from a funerary mask as authorities on Friday revealed to the world the first tomb discovered in eight ...

Researchers have discovered an artifact which is believed to be part of a huge $4 billion haul of treasure hidden somewhere off the Florida coast. The ancient funeral mask—estimated to be up to ten or ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis museum can keep hold of a 3,200-year-old mummy's mask, a federal judge has ruled, saying the U.S. government failed to prove that the Egyptian relic was ever stolen.

Masquerades with brass masks (gbendekolo) perform at funerals for Limba chiefs where they dance around the edges of a huge bonfire defying its heat and flames. The flattened masks are worn to the side ...

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