Ptolemaic Mask

 

          The Ptolemaic Mask was used in the Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.  It is normally 40 cm tall and is made out of gold.  The Egyptians used this mask in the afterlife.   This mask was seen as the flesh of all the gods and goddesses.  It was said the goddesses Isis and Nephthys protected this mask.

 

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