King Tutankhamun's death mask is one of the most iconic Egyptian relics ... suggest the mask was actually intended for a high status female or child rather, possibly King Tut's stepmother whose ...

In Ancient Egypt ... female clues within the tomb do not end there. Dr Yasmin El Shazly, Deputy Director for Research and Programs at the American Research Centre in Egypt, has studied Tut's death ...

King Tutankhamun's death mask is one of the most iconic Egyptian relics ... suggest the mask was actually intended for a high status female or child rather, possibly King Tut's stepmother whose ...

Tutankhamun’s death mask is one of the most-recognized ... have still been wet when the tomb was sealed. The mask is kept in the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, which re-opened last month ...

The earring holes on the mask provide an obvious clue the mask was intended for a high-status female or child ... that of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun, might not actually be the young ...

In Ancient Egypt, male pharaohs were not typically depicted with pierced ears in their funerary masks, as ear piercings were represented only in images of children and women. Professor Fletcher ...

Yet, Carter knew through his research that at least one Egyptian king was missing ... has studied Tut's death mask and noted some peculiar signs of another identity in its design.

The conclusion is based off of one crucial missed detail on the Egyptian's iconic gold and blue death mask ... suggests that the mask was intended for a high status female or child.

Evidence shows that his shimmering golden death ... mask of the previous ruler … It may well have been [Queen] Nefertiti.” But she says the earring holes are a dead giveaway. Ancient Egyptian ...

LiveScience reports the fragment’s discovery comes from a controversial technique which destroys “papier-mache” Egyptian death masks in an effort to unravel the “waste” papyrus sheets ...