En Iwamura's playful, wistful sculptures reference the historical nature of masks while reflecting their role in our ...

making it a significant element in religious and funerary art. The funerary mask of Tutankhamun is one of the most famous artifacts from ancient Egypt and includes inlaid lapis lazuli, emphasizing ...

When the beard fell off the boy pharaoh's funerary mask in August 2014 at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, employees tried to reattach it with glue. When the botched restoration was noticed it made ...