This is a plaster cast of Cromwell's wax death mask, made after the Lord Protector's death in 1658 (the Wax death mask can be seen in the British Museum). A controversial figure to many Cromwell ...
These death masks are reputedly of hanged Worcestershire prisoners of the early 19th Century. Convicted prisoners were hanged in the Gaol and their bodies taken through an underground tunnel ...
King Tutankhamun’s iconic death mask may not have been crafted for him at all. Researchers from the University of York suggest it was initially intended for a high-status female or child ...