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Death Masks Digitally Stripped From Colombian Mummies to Reveal Their Faces

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01.10.2025
Death masks were never meant to come off. In the Colombian Andes, some pre-Hispanic communities pressed layers of clay, resin, wax, and maize onto the faces of their dead, sealing them into a ritualized afterlife. Centuries later, those coverings have been virtually peeled away. For the first time, we can stare back at the people […] The post Death Masks Digitally Stripped From Colombian Mummies to Reveal Their Faces appeared first on VICE.

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