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Researchers claim Tutankhamun's burial mask may have been made for a woman—but there is reason to doubt
Tutankhamun was born in around 1341BC—an unusual time in Ancient Egyptian history ... from the high-ranking priests of the supreme god Amun, along with the political control they were accustomed ...
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Egyptian Anubis Mask
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 ...
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Facts We Just Learned About King Tut That Made Us Say ‘Whoa'
particularly the worship of the god Amun. In 2014, King Tut's golden death mask suffered damage during routine cleaning at the Egyptian Museum. The beard, a symbol of pharaonic divinity ...