Tutankhamun’s death mask is one of the most-recognized images around the globe. Measuring 21 inches tall, inlaid with a detailed mosaic of precious stones, and featuring a 5.5 lb golden beard, the ...

For nearly a century, visitors have flocked to the Egyptian Museum on Cairo’s Tahrir Square to admire Tutankhamun’s funerary mask, the intricately decorated artifact designed to cover the mummified ...

Was Pharaoh Tutankhamun a “cast-off king”? Evidence shows that his shimmering golden death mask was made for someone else. The boy-king Tutankhamun is a relatively insignificant Pharaoh in Egypt’s ...

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 ...

After the discovery, it took years to move most of the tomb’s contents to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. (Note: The new Grand Egyptian Museum, about 12 miles west of the existing Egyptian Museum, is ...

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Tutankhamun's gold funerary mask has been on display at the Egyptian Museum for nearly a century. Mostafa Elshemy / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images For nearly a century, visitors have flocked to the ...