The mask was "fitted" to Tutankhamun, as the gold in the applied layers differs slightly, leading to the conclusion that it may have been made for someone else and then adapted for the pharaoh.

He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is ...

Tutankhamun's mask has been housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo since 1934, 12 years after British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the pharaoh’s tomb. However, the 123-year-old Beaux ...

After nearly a century in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, King Tutankhamun's iconic gold mask and remaining treasures are set to move to the new Grand Egyptian Museum near the ...

'Touching' history behind Tutankhamun's mask that's hailed as 'greatest find ever made' The tomb was discovered in a nearly intact condition in 1922, during excavations led by the Egyptologist ...

The gold used to make Tutankhamun’s mask 3,300 years ago was brought to the palace workshop either from Egypt’s eastern desert or Nubia, the resource-rich region south of Egypt, ...

The original burial place of Nefertiti has still not been discovered, although a mummy which may be the queen has been. In 2015, Reeves proposed that Nefertiti’s burial place lies behind a wall of ...

An overlooked feature on King Tutankhamun's death mask has revealed how the young ruler was buried. King Tut ruled during Egypt's 18th Dynasty, from 1332 BC to 1323 BC before he died at 19.

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him. The earring holes on the mask provide an obvious clue the mask was intended for a high-status ...