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The deceased must be recognized in the otherworld. For this motive, on the blindfolds of the mummified body a mask was placed with an idealized portrait. The masks of the Pharaohs were done of gold and lapis lazuli. According to the myth, the flesh of the gods was of gold, his hair was of lapis lazuli and his silver bones, very scarce material in Egypt. The Pharaohs were represented by the appearance of the god Osiris, sovereign of the dead persons. In the head they were taking the nemes, which was a haido to streaks with the ureo, the protective snake of the Pharaohs, in the frontal part. The arms were turning out to be crossed on the breast and with a hand they were holding the real scepter, whereas with other one they were supporting a scourge.
The mask of Tutankhamen
It is a golden piece with imcrustations of lapis lazuli that was placed directly on the mummy, covering head and part of the shoulders. The haido with the goddesses Nejbet and Uadyet, represented the first one as vulture and the second one as he charges, were protecting to the Pharaoh and the haido of nemes, handkerchief and the false braided beard.
Funeral mask of the Pharao Psusennes I
Exhumed of the Grave of Tanis III (delta of the Nile). The used material is a gold (different pieces ensabladas with nails), except for the eyebrows and the outline of eyes, which are of lapis lazuli, and the eyes that are of glass pasta. His attributes are the nemes, the ureo or he charges in the front, the ritual beard that, on having been braided, symbolizes the death of the sovereign one, as well as the pectoral one or usej. It survives in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. The XXIst dynasty (cc. 1039 adC-990 adC)
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