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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Back of the mask
The gold mask in situ, 1925
The mask on display at the Grand Egyptian Museum, 2026
Tomb of Tutankhamun
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The tomb of Tutankhamun, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, is located in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb, also known by its tomb number KV62, consists of four chambers and an ent
Mask of Tutankhamun
…back on by museum workers. According to the British Egyptologist and archaeologist Nicholas Reeves, the mask is "not only the quintessential image from Tutankhamun's tomb, it is perhaps the best-known object from ancient Egypt itself." Since 2001, some Egyptologists have suggested that it may originally have been intended…
The wall decorations in KV62's burial chamber are modest in comparison with other royaltombs found in the Valley of the Kings.
The central portion of the Valley of the Kings in 2012, with tomb entrances labeled. The covered entrance to KV62 is at centre right.
The northwest corner of the antechamber, as photographed in 1922. The plaster partition between the antechamber and burial chamber is on the right.
Workmen move goods from the tomb along a Decauville railroad track to the Nile.