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Tutankhamun on Postal Stamps

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There is little doubt that the most famous icon from Ancient Egypt is the funerary mask of Tutankhamun. It is a stunning example of the Ancient goldsmith's art..

The National Postal Organization from Egypt issues on the 22nd of January2004 a limited quantity of commemorative stamps booklets. The booklet contains 30 postage stamps, one of them, the mask of Tutankhamun, being printed on genuine 22 carat gold.

The mask itself is made of solid gold, inlaid with lapis lazuli, cornelian, quartz, obsidian, turquoise and colored glass. Tutankhamun's tomb contained an elaborate set of Canopic containers.

The calcite Canopic chest, with the stoppers in the form of the King, contained four amazing canopic coffins.