Was Pharaoh Tutankhamun a “cast-off king”? Evidence shows that his shimmering golden death mask was made for someone else. The boy-king Tutankhamun is a relatively insignificant Pharaoh in Egypt’s ...

What it is: A gold funerary mask of a man's face Where it is from: Mycenae, an archaeological site in southern Greece When it ...

Death masks — made out of a wax or plaster cast put on a dead person's face — have long been part of human history. Below, morgue workers make a death mask of notorious Depression-era gangster John ...

A creepy golden mask probably used in an ancient magic ritual. A socket in the forehead contains a large purple gemstone. Donating this item to Gunther at the Museum will count towards completing the ...

Schliemann believed he had found the body of the mythical king Agamemnon, who led the Achaean (Greek) siege of Troy in Homer's "Iliad” (he is also mentioned in Homer's "Odyssey" and features in some ...