Gilded Face Mask

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 24 March 2016

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Gilded Face Mask — This is virtually complete and intact gilded cartonnage head from an Egyptian mummy case; The face was depicted formally and was painted at top and sides with Egyptian deity figures. From Hawara, Egypt. Ptolemaic, 332-330 BCE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (with thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, March 24). Gilded Face Mask. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/4773/

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Gilded Face Mask." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 24, 2016. https://www.ancient.eu/image/4773/.

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Gilded Face Mask." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 24 Mar 2016. Web. 19 Jan 2021.

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