Because the embalming did not preserve the face in anything like a lifelike image. So a false one was placed over the body.
to show how rich and powerful the person was. the fancier the mask, the richer and more powerful.
King Tutankhamen death mask was found in Egypt 1922 and the strategics who found him badly damaged the body that was not touched for over 3,000 years!
King Tutankhamun's mask is kept in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt.
Amun wore the jackel head mask
it was found in east egypt
the death mask was in the pyramid
ancient Egypt
the jackal mask represented Anubis, and was strongly represented in funerals
Yes there is and there is a Anubis mask to.
Yes you need the Goron Mask as well as 22 other Masks to get the Fierce Deity Mask
3000 years old
It was a death mask. In Ancient Egypt, the god's were said to have gold skin, so a gold mask symbolised being immortal and godly. It had a spell from the book of the dead on the back, which helped get the wearer into the afterlife. But it had no real function other than to accompany the wearer into the afterlife.