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Ancient Egypt used gold in mummy masks.
The idea was to “purify” the corpse as that person’s spirit was united with Ra, one of their gods.
This practice was most likely done only for the very wealthy.
Pyramid builders were seen as lower class and of little value, so no Mask of Gold for them.
Thanks for the reading list, it will last until April. ;-)
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