"The eyes are produced from obsidian and quartz," Hassaan wrote, noting that the mask depicts Tutankhamun with a long beard and a headdress bearing a cobra and a vulture. Placed on Tut's face, the 21-inch-long (53 centimeters) ornate mask was manufactured mainly from gold inlaid with semiprecious stones and coloured glass paste" and weighs a whopping 22 pounds (10 kilograms), Galal Ali Hassaan, an emeritus professor in the Cairo University Department of Mechanical Design, wrote in a 2016 paper published in the International Journal of Advancement in Engineering & Technology. Tutankhamun's death mask is probably the most famous artifact found in his tomb. (Image credit: Mohamed El-Shahed/AFP via Getty Images) The golden funerary mask of King Tutankhamun on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo after its restoration, on Dec.
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