The Funerary Mask of King Tutankhamun
Ever heard the phrase Kings never die, well neither do Pharaohs. For year’s archeologist have been discovering tombs of pharaohs and their families trying to get an understanding of who they were. Many tombs of the pharaohs were ravaged through and amazing art was taken by tomb robbers but still they were able to find beautiful works of art and even funeral masks. Arguably the most famous mask to date is King Tutankhamun. Along with the mask there were many treasures within his four burial chambers.
Tutankhaten was about nine years old when he began his reign as the pharaoh of Egypt during the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom (c. 1332-1323 B.C.E). His name meant “living image of the Aten”, which came from
Ever heard the phrase Kings never die, well neither do Pharaohs. For year’s archeologist have been discovering tombs of pharaohs and their families trying to get an understanding of who they were. Many tombs of the pharaohs were ravaged through and amazing art was taken by tomb robbers but still they were able to find beautiful works of art and even funeral masks. Arguably the most famous mask to date is King Tutankhamun. Along with the mask there were many treasures within his four burial chambers.
Tutankhaten was about nine years old when he began his reign as the pharaoh of Egypt during the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom (c. 1332-1323 B.C.E). His name meant “living image of the Aten”, which came from