Death mask
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A death mask is a likeness of a person's face after their death, usually made by taking a cast or impression from the corpse. Death masks may be mementos of the dead or be used for creation of portrai
The death mask of 18th century sailor Richard Parker
Posthumous portrait bust of Henry VII of England by Pietro Torrigiano, supposedly made using his death mask
Bronze death mask of Napoleon
19th-century death mask of an infant
Mask of Tutankhamun
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The mask of Tutankhamun is a gold funerary mask that belonged to Tutankhamun, who reigned over the New Kingdom of Egypt from 1332 BC to 1323 BC, during the Eighteenth Dynasty. After being buried with
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…rites, and normally buried with them. The best known of these are the masks used in ancient Egypt as part of the mummification process, such as the mask of Tutankhamun, and those from Mycenaean Greece such as the Mask of Agamemnon. When taken from a living subject, such a cast is called a life mask. In some European…
Cairo Eg Museum Taa Mask Mostly Photographed
Back of the mask
The gold mask in situ, 1925
The mask on display at the Grand Egyptian Museum, 2026