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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Artifact # 96.2.286 Part of the Braches Peruvian Collection. This is by far our favourite artifact. It is most likely a death mask used to cover the face of a high status Inka person after their death ...

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 ...

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 ...

The mask is inscribed: “Dr. F. Antommarchi” and “Fondu Par L. Richard et Quesnel A Paris” on the sides, while a medallion that reads "Napoleon Emp. et Roi / Souscription / Dr. Antommarchi 1833" rests ...

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 ...

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.