"This mask was not made for an adult male pharaoh; when the gold was compared, [they found] the face is made of completely ...

Featuring a protective cobra and vulture on the forehead, the elaborate mask was discovered in the young pharaoh's gold coffin, itself weighing a hefty 110 kilograms. It was one of many treasures ...

Researchers propose that his eye-catching gold funerary mask may have been intended for someone else but the pharaoh's untimely death, less than 10 years after he ascended the throne aged 9 ...

Pharaohs’ masks were often crafted from gold, while commoners had wooden or clay masks. Fletcher notes the size and design of Tut’s tomb resemble those of Ay, his successor, suggesting Tut’s ...

It was the first pharaoh's tomb to be found that was almost intact. It contained 5,398 artefacts including two thrones, six chariots, a solid gold death mask and coffin holding his mummy.