Did king Tutankhamen ever wear the gold mask?

Nefertiti (translated as 'the Beautiful Woman Has Arrived') – the newly-revealed probably original 'owner' of King Tutankhamun's famous golden death mask – was the wife of the monotheistic revolution's leader, the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten ('the Incarnation of the Disk of the Sun'). read more

Artifacts from King Tut’s tomb have toured the world in several blockbuster museum shows, including the worldwide 1972-79 “Treasures of Tutankhamun” exhibitions. Eight million visitors in seven U.S. cities viewed the exhibition of the golden burial mask and 50 other precious items from the tomb. read more

Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus (a box-like stone container) held not one but three coffins in which to hold the body of the king. The outer two coffins were crafted in wood and covered in gold along with many semiprecious stones, such as lapis lazuli and turquoise. The inner coffin, however, was made of solid gold. read more

The mask of Tutankhamen was a very very heavy gold mask. Th mask was so detailed that they took so long engraving it that it took 100 days instead of 70 to embalm him. read more