King Tutankhamun's death mask is one of the most iconic Egyptian relics, but researchers claim it may not have been intended ...

Professor Fletcher proposed a theory that the famous death mask might have been designed for a different pharaoh, possibly not even a close relative of Tutankhamun. She elaborated: "This mask was ...

Researchers propose that his eye-catching gold funerary mask may have been intended for someone else but the pharaoh's untimely death, less than 10 years after he ascended the throne aged 9 ...

King Tutankhamun’s iconic death mask may not have been crafted for him at all. Researchers from the University of York suggest it was initially intended for a high-status female or child, likely ...

Some of those artifacts, like his death mask, are widely known ... tomb and what they reveal about the iconic Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh years after the discovery of his remains.

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.