Recently, a team at the University of York has been investigating the pierced ears of Tutankhamun's burial mask. It's a feature that, the team claims, was usually reserved for female or young royalty.

The famous golden death mask of the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun likely wasn’t made for him, according to a new study. A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s mask by researchers from the ...

He died age 72 in New York on 8 June 1809. Despite Paine's fame, his face was not well known but it has been preserved for posterity in his death mask, made by Paine's friend John Wesley Jarvis.

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 ...

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 ...

A digital 3D model of Mary, Queen of Scots' death mask has been created to mark the 437th anniversary of the monarch's execution. Mary was beheaded in Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire on 8 ...