Fascinating Death Masks of Famous and Infamous People From History

hello everyone and welcome back to mystery scoop have you ever heard of a death mask well death masks are a replica production of the appearance of a person's face just moments after they died and they have been invaluable to posterity as a final viewing of famous people from history death masks are typically wax or plaster moulds of a person's face after their death [Music] being originally in existence since the time of tutankhamun the form that we know today dates back to the middle ages in the age before photography they were useful in being used as a model for sculptors in creating statues of the deceased person king henry vii death mask being one of the most famous of such has helped us visualize his true appearance better especially with the input of today's technology and the skills of a few individuals in facial reconstruction many posthumous statues of henry vii was supposedly made using his death mask let's see some more famous or infamous death mask from our own history [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Laughter] [Music] foreign [Music] that's all for today folks and thank you for watching you

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Length: 9min 30sec (570 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 21 2021