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Tomb of Tutankhamun: golden mask (Egyptian National Museum)     .


Gold mask on the mummy of Tutankhamun (photo: Egyptian National Museum)



This gold and enamelled mask, now at the Egyptian National Museum in Cairo, was worn over the head of Tutankhamun on his mummy sarcophagus. It includes the traditional pharoah's headdress and false beard found in royal representations from the Old through New Kingdoms.
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