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Tutankhamun's Death Mask

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Tutankhamun's Death Mask

The golden face of Egypt's boy pharaoh/Archaeology & Antiquities

The funerary mask of Tutankhamun is perhaps the most recognized artifact from ancient Egypt. Discovered by Howard Carter in 1925 inside the pharaoh's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, the mask is made of approximately 11 kilograms of solid gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, turquoise, and other semiprecious stones. It covered the head and shoulders of the mummified king, who died around 1323 BC at roughly 19 years of age. The mask now resides in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Measurements

Height5.4 tenths m
10,800Plant cells
42.4 billionthsEarth diameters
1.2 tenthsToyota Corollas
Width3.9 tenths m
3.7 hundredthsSchool bus lengths
3 tenthsBathrobe lengths
393 millionCaffeine molecules
Depth4.9 tenths m
19.6 millionRibosomes
490Poppy seeds
90.7 trillionCarbon nuclei
Mass11 kg
1.1 billionPollen grains
6.1 thousandthsHippopotamuses
4.4 millionMosquito weights
Age106 billion s
88 millionPower naps
3.5 quadrillionLightning discharges

Created circa 1323 BC

Nemes headcloth width3.9 tenths m
3.7 billionHydrogen atoms
1.18Hammer lengths
11.5 millionthsBermuda lengths
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