Sopa Images / SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images 19.Dante Alighieri The Italian poet famous for the Divine Comedy died of malaria on Sept. 14, 1321, at about 56 years of age. His death mask ...

The famous King Tut of ancient Egypt has long been a subject of research. However, his prominent death mask recently came ...

Why did they make death masks? There were a number of reasons, including: —to remember a loved one in a time before ...

THE MYSTERY surrounding King Tutankhamun's death has deepened following ... A pharaoh's mask was made of gold or silver, while lesser people's were fashioned from wood or clay.

In his day people could be hanged for stealing a packet ... his face was not well known but it has been preserved for posterity in his death mask, made by Paine's friend John Wesley Jarvis.

Death masks are a likeness of a person, often created from a cast of plaster or wax of the person's face. Famous death masks include those of composer Ludwig van Beethoven, French military leader ...

THE MYSTERY surrounding King Tutankhamun’s death has deepened following a new shocking revelation about a ‘cursed relic’. The conclusion is based off of one crucial missed detail ...

The royal tomb where it was found contained the remains of eight people. All of them had weapons, but only five wore gold ...