In the Roman era, elite citizens often honoured the death of a family member by creating idealised funerary masks. These "imagines" weren't usually buried with the deceased, but kept as memorials ...

Whether providing care for the body of the deceased with intricate textile shrouds and sculpted death masks ... Funerary arts are a pillar of deathcare, and they shed light on the significance of ...

A certified reproduction of King Tut's golden funerary mask from art collector Giovanni Amin's collection is featured in the Louisiana Art & Science Museum's 'Discoveries on the Nile: Exploring ...

The exhibition explores two lines of inquiry: the cultural significance and ephemeral qualities of masks associated with funerary ceremonies in New Irelandand the circulation of such objects beyond ...

A first-century funerary mask from Saudi Arabia helps mark the Sackler ... trusted to recognize an impressive donation of Tibetan art when he sees it. So it was significant that in July 2011 ...

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 Giza Pyramids.

Visitors have just days left to see the boy king's world-famous gold funerary mask before it joins more than 5,000 artefacts from his tomb at the GEM, a $1-billion megaproject opening on July 3.