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The 5,400,000-square-foot space is filled with 100,000 artifacts from across eras, including Tutankhamun’s gold death mask and an 83-ton statue of Ramses II.
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Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 2 Jan. 2026
Sachs’s film is all the greater for not showing this, and for creating a personal work of mourning—not a death mask but a life one.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
Showcasing more than 5,300 objects from the young king’s tomb, including his iconic death mask and glittering royal regalia, the new section of the vast museum here on the outskirts of Cairo is expected to draw millions of visitors every year.
—Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
The face, eerily reminiscent of Egyptian death masks or the metal face shields used in WWI, serves as both a personal relic and a universal symbol of mourning.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 2 Jan. 2026
Sachs’s film is all the greater for not showing this, and for creating a personal work of mourning—not a death mask but a life one.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
Showcasing more than 5,300 objects from the young king’s tomb, including his iconic death mask and glittering royal regalia, the new section of the vast museum here on the outskirts of Cairo is expected to draw millions of visitors every year.
—Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
The face, eerily reminiscent of Egyptian death masks or the metal face shields used in WWI, serves as both a personal relic and a universal symbol of mourning.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Death mask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20mask. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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