Lost History: The Silver Pharaoh - Psusennes I

The Silver Pharaoah is a bit of a mystery, PsusennesI was the third pharaoh of the 21st Dynasty who ruled from Tanis.

In spite of the destruction of wooden artifacts within the tomb due to the moist Nile delta area, the king's magnificent funerary mask was recovered intact; it proved to be made of gold and lapis lazuli and held inlays of black and white glass for the eyes and eyebrows of the object


Narrated by BuzWeaver.

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