Tutankhamun's mask, also known as the
funerary mask of Tutankhamun, is the
death mask of the Ancient Egyptian
pharaoh,
Tutankhamun (reigned 1332–1323 BC). It was discovered by
Howard Carter in 1925 in tomb
KV62, and is now housed in the
Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The mask is one of the most well known works of art in the world. According to the
Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves, it is "not only the quintessential image from Tutankhamun's tomb, it is perhaps the best-known object from ancient Egypt itself". Since 2001, research has suggested that the mask may originally have been intended for Queen
Neferneferuaten; her royal name (Ankhkheperure) was found in a partly erased
cartouche on Tutankhamun's funerary mask.