Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed an ancient sarcophagus that contained a well-preserved mummy wrapped in linen and wearing an intricately painted gold and blue burial mask. The mummy was ...

A MEGA-museum housing some of the world’s most precious archaeological finds will finally open its doors to visitors after more than twenty years of waiting. The Grand Egyptian Museum in ...

Titus Flavius Demetrius was a Roman citizen living in Egypt who wanted to be buried in the Egyptian way.This gold covered mummy mask was made for the Roman citizen Titus Flavius Demetrius who died ...

A joint Egyptian-British mission unearthed the tomb of King Thutmose II of the 18th Dynasty. However, unlike the famed Tutankhamun tomb, this find featured no mummy or gold mask.The tomb of an ...

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From December until 7 January, visitors to the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo ... His 11-kilo (24.2-pound) solid gold funerary mask is encrusted with lapis lazuli and semi-precious stones.

This mask would have been worn by a priest during funeral rituals.Mask in the form of the jackal head Anubis, ancient Egyptian god of embalming and the dead. It is made of cartonnage, layers of ...