A gold 'funeral mask' thought to be more than 3,000 years old has been discovered in the tomb of an ancient noble in the city of Zhengzhou, central China.

Several important and beautiful discoveries of Mycenaean gold objects have been made by archaeologists, particularly in royal ...

Bulgarian archaeologist Georgi Kitov shows a 2,400-year-old golden mask Friday in Shipka, Bulgaria. The solid gold mask was discovered late Thursday in the tomb of an ancient Thracian king.

A stock photo shows a face mask dating back to the Shang dynasty. A rare 3,000-year-old gold mask found in Henan Province offers archeologists a glimpse into ancient Chinese culture.

An ancient gold mask and a ring featuring what is believed to be an Olympic rower have been discovered by a Bulgarian archaeologist. Associate Professor Georgi Kitov of the Institute of ...

A gold mask dating back more than 1,000 years to a pre-Inca civilization is to be returned to a Peruvian museum next year after being turned in to police by a collector in Italy.

Archaeologists have unearthed a gold "funeral mask" dating back more than 3,000 years in an ancient noble tomb in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, local authorities said. This was ...

A silver face mask gilded with gold, a mummification workshop, mummies and sarcophagi have all been discovered at a tomb complex in Saqqara, Egypt, an Egyptian-German team announced this morning ...

Archaeologists in central China have unearthed a gold mask dating back at least 3,000 years, the first of its kind to be found from the Shang dynasty (1600BC-1046 BC).

Archaeologists recently discovered an 1,800-year-old mask that they believe may be a spiritual representation of a powerful ...

The ancient mask dated back to the Shang Dynasty, ARTNews reported at the time, and predated another gold mask that was found the fall before at the Sanxingdui Ruins.

This metal adorned pharaohs, temples, and burial chambers, including Tutankhamun’s famous 22.6 lb (10.23 kg) solid gold mask. But much of Egypt’s ancient gold was looted by conquerors, ...