Tutankhamun's Death Mask — solid gold, 24 pounds, sealed for 3,200 years before Howard Carter found it in 1922. Tutankhamun was roughly nineteen when he died, a minor pharaoh by any historical measure. The Grand Egyptian Museum now displays all 5,000 objects from his tomb together for the first time. This is the face that made the whole world pay attention to ancient Egypt.
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