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Mummy mask with wig: A 1,000-year-old 'false head' found in Peru that was crafted with real human hair and toxic red cinnabar

Stylized masks like this one adorned pre-Inca mummies in Peru hundreds of years ago.

Mummy mask with wig: A 1,000-year-old 'false head' found in Peru that was crafted with real human hair and toxic red cinnabar
Live Science โ€” 20 July 2026
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Stylized masks like this one adorned pre-Inca mummies in Peru hundreds of years ago. This report comes from Live Science. The story centres on Mummy

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