King Tut’s iconic mask is 21 inches tall, inlaid with precious stones, and features a 5.5-pound golden beard as part of the ...

The death mask was found in 1925 by the Egyptologist ... Carter’s records are kept at the University of Oxford’s Griffith Institute which was established 17 years after Carter first discovered ...

housed at Oxford University's Griffith Institute. They focused on a specific detail that had previously gone unnoticed: the perforated ears of the mask. "This mask was not made for an adult male ...

A team of researchers from the University of York have said new overlooked details suggest the mask could have belonged to one of Egypt's most iconic figures.