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the mask of Tutankhamun 

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Adorning the head and shoulders of the mummy was one of the world’s greatest treasures and perhaps the tomb’s most famous find: Tutankhamun’s solid gold funerary mask.

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King Tut’s Iconic Death Mask Was Intended for Someone Else

Research from the University of York points to an "overlooked clue" hiding in plain sight.

Tutankhamun’s death mask is one of the most-recognized images around the globe. Measuring 21 inches tall, inlaid with a detailed mosaic of precious stones, and featuring a 5.5 lb golden beard, the artifact is surely one of the world’s most iconic objects. But researchers think that the pharaoh’s ears may be hiding a secret in plain sight.

The death mask was found in 1925 by the Egyptologist Howard Carter during his excavations of Tutankhamun’s tomb which his team rediscovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings near the city of Luxor. Carter’s records are kept at the University of Oxford’s Griffith Institute which was established 17 years after Carter first discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb as the center for Egyptology at the university, named after the university’s first Professor of Egyptology, Francis Llewellyn Griffith.

Tutankhamun, known as the “Boy King,” came to the throne aged just nine and ruled Egypt for around nine years between ca. 1332 and 1323 BCE. He was riddled with ailments including scoliosis and a cleft palate, thought to be due to his parents being brother and sister.

But new research out of the University of York suggests that the mask was not originally designed for the young Pharaoh, and was instead intended for a regal female burial—perhaps Tutankhamun’s stepmother Queen Nefertiti who died before Tutankhamun, though no specific date for her death is known. This theory hinges on one key detail of the death mask: Tutankhamun’s pierced ears.

Piercings were typically only found on the death masks of female rulers and children. Lead researcher Professor Joann Fletcher said in a documentary for History Hit in 2022 that “research suggests that the King wouldn’t have worn earrings beyond childhood, so by the age of 20 when he died he would not have been portrayed with pierced ears” calling the pierced ears of the mask a “long-overlooked feature”.

When compared, the gold used on the face of Tutankhamun is entirely different to the gold used on the rest of the mask, suggesting—as Fletcher put it—that Tutankhamun’s face was “effectively grafted on” to the pre-existing mask of a previous—and likely female—ruler.

There is no doubt, however, that the likeness is of King Tut, as the likeness of a death mask was considered imperative should the person’s soul be able to be reunited with their body for judgement by the god of funerary practices and guide to the underworld, Anubis, after their death.

“I was sure the death mask was not specifically designed for King Tut”, Fletcher said.

Fletcher suggests that the originally intended recipient of the mask could be the Pharaoh Nefertiti, who married and ruled alongside Tutankhamun’s father Pharaoh Akhenaten. This theory was first proposed in 2015 by the British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves. There is scholarly debate about whether Nefertiti ruled as pharaoh on her own for a short time between her husband’s death and Tutankhamun ascending to the throne. Nefertiti’s tomb has never been discovere

The reason for this make-do-and-mend approach to the burial of, at that point, the most powerful and wealthy man in Egypt may be due to the suddenness of his death, aged around 19. Theories on Tutankhamun’s cause of death have included murder, but it is currently believed that he passed away from malaria and an infection the young ruler developed after a serious chariot crash which left him with a broken leg at the time of his burial. The lack of preparation for this death may have led to the decision to alter a pre-existing mask rather than commission a new one from scratch. Other details suggesting that Tutankhamun��s burial was hurried were patches of paint on the walls of his tomb which would have still been wet when the tomb was sealed.

The mask is kept in the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, which re-opened last month after an 11 year delay.

By Verity Babbs.

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"Half of the Sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun, from his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt"

Half of the sarcophagus ,Tutankhamun ,tomb ,Luxor,

Half of the sarcophagus , is made of wood and covered in gold, with intricate carvings and decorations

The half-sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun is a remarkable ancient Egyptian artifact that was discovered in the famous tomb of the young pharaoh in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt. It is made of wood and covered in gold, with intricate carvings and decorations that reflect the art and religious beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. This half-sarcophagus was part of a set of three nested coffins that protected the mummified body of King Tutankhamun. It is considered one of the most iconic and valuable objects ever discovered from ancient Egypt, and it has been a subject of fascination for archa https://payhip.com/EgyptianPharaonic

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Thread on alternative views of iconic landmarks you (probably) haven’t seen before 🧵

1. Mount Fuji from a plane window.

2. Arc de Triomphe, Paris

3. Aerial view of Kaaba, Mecca

4. A view of the Taj Mahal that you do not usually see, highlighting the stark contrast between opulence and poverty divided by a single wall.

5. Top down view of the Statue of Liberty

6. The backside of Tutankhamun's burial mask

7. The dome of St. Peter’s Basilica seen through Rome's most famous keyhole.

8. The worn steps of the Tower of Pisa

9. Photographer Alexander Ladanivskyy, in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, captured an extraordinary drone shot of the Great Pyramid of Giza from an unusual perspective.

10. The Shanhai Pass, where the Great Wall of China meets the ocean.

for images 11 - 25, please see the source, here

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The African Mask of Tutankhamun

The African mask of Tutankhamun is a gold funerary mask of the 18th-dynasty ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun (reigned 1334–1325 BC). Bearing the likeness of Osiris, Egyptian god of the afterlife, it is 54 centimetres (21.3 in) tall, weighs over 10 kilograms (22 lb) or 321.5 troy ounces, and is decorated with semi-precious stones. An ancient spell from the Book of the Dead is inscribed in…

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Inktober 2023. Day 6. Golden.

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The Iconic Mask of King Tutankhamun

In 1922, Howard Carter and a group of dignitaries opened the sealed door to a tomb he discovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. A significant fortune awaited the discoverers, and they were astounded by the stroke of luck that led them to unearth the sole tomb of a pharaoh that had remained unscathed and undisturbed for millennia. The iconic mask of King Tutankhamun lay closest to the king’s…

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This photograph captures the early moments after Howard Carter opened King Tutankhamun's solid gold coffin.

Harry Burton/The Griffith Institute

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Can I ask for some fun facts about King Tut

You may ask, but I never, ever do requests such as this, nor will I ever write any fun facts about King Tut. Here are some fun facts about King Tut as per your request-

Tutankhamun was a god-king of Ancient Egypt, but was denied a pyramid in death because that was just so 1500 years earlier.

He only lived to be a teenager, and was thus never allowed to buy alcohol or cigarettes, or to rent a car. His autobiography states this was always his greatest regret.

His tomb was one of the few not looted by grave robbers before it was discovered by the British explorers in 1922, who celebrated its pristine untouched state before looting it as grave robbers.

The curse of King Tut killed all who entered his tomb, insidiously causing their deaths of diverse and unrelated causes from between a few years and a few decades after the tomb was raided. Such was the curse's famous wording, "Death will come on wings taking 6-75 years to whosoever disturbs my tomb."

Tutankhamun's tomb was filled with amazing treasures, including gold masks, gold furniture, and a signed copy of Steve Martin's song about him on vinyl from when it was certified gold.

As scarabs were considered symbols of his divinity and cycle of rebirth, Tutankhamun is considered the first royal fan of The Beetles.

Tutankhamun was not his original name, he was born Tutankhaten, but deleted for a while and when he came back Tutankhaten was taken and Staff (of Ra) wouldn't help.

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I like the colors of lapis lazuli (I don't know anything cool about rocks though. just pretty colors)

Sure, let me talk about the color of lapis lazuli!

Lapis gets its blue color from minerals in the sodalite family, like lazurite and hauyne. It will almost always have sparkly golden freckles of pyrite, too! We’ve been grinding it up and using it as a pigment for thousands of years - the earliest lapis paints were used in cave paintings. Lapis paint features prominently in a lot of Renaissance-era paintings, too. One of the most famous examples is the blue headscarf in “The Girl with a Pearl Earring.” Oh, and here’s a lapis fact that everyone knows: lapis is the blue part of King Tutankhamun’s death mask!

Also, many specimens of lapis are super fluorescent!

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Unveiling the Mysteries of golden masks King Tutankhamun: The Tomb, The Mask,

King Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut, was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled from around 1332 to 1323 BC during the 18th dynasty. He is known for his relatively short reign and for the discovery of his tomb, which was one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the 20th century reed more'