History of Egyptian Masks - Death Masks and Ritual Masks
In ancient Egypt, masks were primarily used for two purposes: as death masks and as ritual masks. Ancient Egyptians believed that it is very important to preserve a body of the dead because the soul has to have a place where to dwell after the death.
Egyptian Funerary Masks at the Australian Museum
Masks have a long tradition in Egyptian funerary practice. They were to provide protection and mark idealised individuality to assist a person’s afterlife journey to a peaceful field of reeds – an equivalent of heaven.
Mask of Tutankhamun - Wikipedia
According to the British Egyptologist and archaeologist Nicholas Reeves, the mask is "not only the quintessential image from Tutankhamun's tomb, it is perhaps the best-known object from ancient Egypt itself."
Mask - Funerary, Commemorative, Rituals | Britannica
From the Middle Kingdom (1938–1630 bce) to the 1st century ce, the ancient Egyptians placed stylized masks with generalized features on the faces of their dead. The funerary mask served to guide the spirit of the deceased back to its final resting place in the body.
King Tut's Mask - Ancient Egypt Online
The beautiful and intricate mask of King Tut was designed in the image of the pharaoh and was intended to assist the king's spirit in its transition to the afterlife. In addition to ensuring that the soul was able to recognize its own body, the burial mask transformed mortals to a godly state and allowed them to pass safely through the underworld.
Mask of Tutankhamun - Egypt Museum
The gold funerary mask of Tutankhamun is an example of the highest artistic and technical achievements of the ancient Egyptians in the New Kingdom. The exact portrayal of the king’s facial features achieved here made it possible for his soul to recognize him and return to his mummified body.
Mask of Anubis - Egypt Museum
Anubis was the lord of the necropolis and oversaw embalming rites; he was also responsible for guiding the dead to the Underworld and presenting them before Osiris for the weighing of the soul. During the funerary ceremonies, the role of the god was interpreted by a priest who wore the mask of a jackal.
Funerary Mask - The Art Institute of Chicago
Preserving the body and its individual parts through mummification or depiction was essential to life after death in ancient Egypt. Potent symbols, such as the amulets shaped like anatomical hearts strung around the neck of the mask here, provided an extra layer of protection.
Funerary mask from Abydos - 4th century BCE - The Australian …
2023年9月19日 · This mask (E021583) is from tomb 422, opened and researched in 1911-12 by Thomas Eric Peet, a young archaeologist and future academic at the University of Oxford - advocating for more rigorous methods in Egyptian archaeology.
Death Masks from Ancient Egypt Find an Afterlife
2024年2月12日 · Archaeologists working in Saqqara recently unearthed three funerary masks at least 1,800 years old. When it came to the dicey journey to the afterlife, the more affluent citizens of ancient...