Death Masks

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

The people's champion of the French Revolution was so overcome by grief at his wife's death that he exhumed her in the dead of night to make one final replica of her face.

Quaint, disturbing, and macabre objects are all on display at this intriguing collection of medical instruments from bygone eras.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.

The largest collection of death masks in Ukraine.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.