Testifying to gold’s durability, when archaeologists uncovered the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen thousands of years after his death, the young king’s golden death mask was found to be untarnished and still a lustrous yellow color.
इसलिए वे इसका इस्तेमाल मरे हुओं का मुखौटा बनाने के लिए किया करते थे ।