Ancient people buried their rulers in tombs. They buried them with treasures which they believed they would need in their life beyond. They placed golden masks on the faces of their rulers depicting their characteristic features.
The Mask of Agamemnon was discovered by the German archaeologist and adventurer Heinrich Schliemann in 1876. He believed in the myths about Ancient Mycenae and started digging there. And unearthed valuable treasures. The best known among them is the Mask of Agamemnon. Agamemnon is the mythical king of Mycenae who led the Greek forces in the Troyan War about which Homer writes in his poem “The Iliad”. Schliemann believed that he had discovered the mask of the legendary Agamemnon but modern archaeological research suggests that the mask belonged to a king who lived more than 3,500 years ago. Maybe some day you will be the one to discover who he was.