Saturday, January 15, 2011

Death Mask Of Tutankhamun

The death mask of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun is made of gold inlaid with colored glassand semiprecious stone. The mask comes from the innermost mummy case in the pharaoh’stomb, and stands 54 cm (21 in) high. The emblems on the forehead (vulture and cobra) andon the shoulders (falcon heads) were symbols of the Two Lands of Upper and Lower Egyptand of divine authority. The vulture Nekhbet and

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