Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Death masks — made out of a wax or plaster cast put on a dead person's face — have long been part of human history. Below, morgue ...

Archaeologists have unmasked Colombian mummies and digitally reconstructed their faces, shedding more light on the cultural practices of South America’s indigenous people. Many pre-Columbian cultures ...

Archaeologists working in Saqqara recently unearthed three funerary masks at least 1,800 years old. By Franz Lidz When it came to the dicey journey to the afterlife, the more affluent citizens of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1914 the Surgeon General asked ...

Tutankhamun, one of the most famous figures from Ancient Egypt, remains a subject of fascination for historians, archaeologists, and the general public. His tomb, unearthed in the early 20th century, ...

A team of archaeologists excavating the ancient Maya city of Caracol discovered the tomb of its first ruler, which contained pottery, jadeite jewelry and a rare death mask In C.E. 331, Te K’ab Chaak ...

When thinking of fashion trends, coffins don't necessarily spring to mind. But the burial boxes, or sarcophagi, of Roman Egypt show that even the sombre world of death is susceptible to fads. After ...