The four clay troughs were initially thought to have served as stands for gold-plated staffs. Now, a researcher has presented ...

Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, had noticed the "holes" in the mask but did not ...

Among the array of grave goods found with the Red Queen, her magnificent funerary mask stands out. When it was discovered in the tomb, the mask lay shattered in pieces, which have since been ...

The mask is formed from a thin sheet of gold and would have been made in the living likeness of the deceased. The royal tomb ...

It was the first pharaoh's tomb to be found that was almost intact. It contained 5,398 artefacts including two thrones, six chariots, a solid gold death mask and coffin holding his mummy.

Clay trays found inside the tomb may have held liquid offerings to Osiris, while wooden staffs could symbolize the symbolic 'awakening' of the pharaoh.