Queen Elizabeth I’s signature stark white makeup was born from a tragic beginning — to cover up her scars from a nearly fatal ...

This is a plaster cast of Cromwell's wax death mask, made after the Lord Protector's death in 1658 (the Wax death mask can be seen in the British Museum). A controversial figure to many Cromwell ...

A team at the University of Dundee's Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification used death masks to recreate the Scottish prince's looks. After his death in 1788, a cast of the prince's face was ...