Friday, December 25, 2009

Does anyone know who made the mask of King Tutankhamen?

No one knows who made the mask of Tutankhamen. But it is supposed to have been created by many skilled craftsmen and was completed in 1323 BC. The death mask of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen is made of gold inlaid with colored glass and semiprecious stones. The mask comes from the innermost mummy case in the Pharaoh's tomb, and stands 54 cm (21 in) high and weighs around 11kg.





best of luck to you!Does anyone know who made the mask of King Tutankhamen?
it was not actually mentioned in ancient writings so we could only make guesses... it might be created by his servants, or his ';mask-makers';, or maybe, just maybe, he himself...Does anyone know who made the mask of King Tutankhamen?
Ancient Egyptian artists did not sign their works, and even when we know from inscriptions that someone was an artist by profession, it is rarely possible to identify his work. The funeral mask of Tutankhamun was made in the traditional form of the god Osiris. The Egyptians believed that by enacting magical burial rites his body would be reanimated as Osiris had. This mask was made of gold with glass eyes and lapis lazuli eyebrows and eyelashes. The manner of painting the eyes is also identified with the sun god.
I think it is the man who lives in number 15 in the next street,he does a lot of woodwork and stuff.By the way,who is King Tuckynuckyman,is it a new group?If it is,shouldn't this question be in music?

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