Mask in the form of the jackal head Anubis, ancient Egyptian god of embalming and the dead. It is made of cartonnage, layers of linen and papyrus, stiffened with plaster and then painted.

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Soon, the elaborately decorated artifact will be transferred to the brand new Grand Egyptian Museum, joining more than 5,000 ...

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This mask shows Osiris on his throne, with Isis and Nephtys acting as mourners. Anubis can be seen attending to the mummy of Titus. This mask was excavated at Hawara in Egypt in 1888 by the famous ...

Death Masks from Ancient Egypt Find an Afterlife. Archaeologists working in Saqqara recently unearthed three funerary masks at least 1,800 years old. Share full article. By Franz Lidz.