The famous golden death mask of the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun likely wasn’t made for him, according to a new study. A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s mask by researchers from the ...

All of them had weapons, but only five wore gold death masks, which archaeologists think indicated status. The Mycenaeans ...

This is a plaster cast of Cromwell's wax death mask, made after the Lord Protector's death in 1658 (the Wax death mask can be seen in the British Museum). A controversial figure to many Cromwell ...

He died age 72 in New York on 8 June 1809. Despite Paine's fame, his face was not well known but it has been preserved for posterity in his death mask, made by Paine's friend John Wesley Jarvis.

Kiuchi felt as if he were clutching at straws as he made an online search, which led him to find a craftsman in Chiba, the prefectural capital, who specializes in making death masks, or likenesses ...

From the Black Death to the Present. “A wide-brimmed hat could defend the head, and a mask with a protruding beak extending from the nose could carry aromatic herbs that would protect the wearer ...

We’ve been excited about the new album by Chicagoan blackened sludge crew Lord Mantis for a while — Death Mask is an ugly, mesmerizing tour de force. So naturally, we’re stoked to stream the ...

He died age 72 in New York on 8 June 1809. Despite Paine's fame, his face was not well known but it has been preserved for posterity in his death mask, made by Paine's friend John Wesley Jarvis.