Death masks — made out of a wax or plaster cast put on a dead person's face — have long been part of human history. Below, morgue workers make a death mask of notorious ... to be used in a funeral ...

These death masks are reputedly of hanged Worcestershire ... Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the contributors, who are the museums and members of the public.

"There are death masks of Bonnie Prince Charlie that ... "We don't tend to think about the age of people when we study history, but Prince Charlie was just 24 years old when he landed in Scotland ...

In his day people could be hanged for stealing a packet ... his face was not well known but it has been preserved for posterity in his death mask, made by Paine's friend John Wesley Jarvis.

This is a plaster cast of Cromwell's wax death mask, made after the Lord Protector's death in 1658 (the Wax death mask can be seen in the British Museum). A controversial figure to many Cromwell ...

However, his prominent death mask recently came under scrutiny ... Queen Nefertiti remained a debated figure in ancient Egypt ...

Follow Royalty Now: Instagram Here are some of her coolest modern portraits of historical figures. “There is actually a death mask of Marie taken soon after her execution. It was taken by a wax ...

“It meant so much to me that the figure allowed me to feel that she is here with me,” he said. “I can now see my wife every day. That is giving me (moral) support for living.” The death ...