2010/10/27

The golden mask of Tutankhamun




It was the mask covering the mummy in its coffin sparganum. Scored by the first spell sesquicentennial B of the Book of the Dead confirmation of more protection for the king's body. The artist's representation of me the exact details so that the sincere spirit of the deceased king to find his body at other times and then had to be on a mission. The head was covered with headdress and decorated with symbols of the front property and protection of the vulture and cobra. Has been set up golden plates used here by heating and hammering. And obsidian, quartz, lapis lazuli, in the formation of the eyes and eyebrows are inlaid chest necklace of semi-precious stones and colored glass, which ends falcon heads. Dimensions Width 39.3 cm Height 54 cm

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