Episode 198 - The Dark History of Masks: Part 1

This week on Lunatics Radio Hour, we explore the history of masks, from prehistoric rituals and ancient Egyptian funerary masks to Roman death masks, Venetian Carnival, and the eerie plague doctor.

Sources

• National Geographic Article by A. R. Williams - World’s Oldest Masks Modeled On Early Markers Ancestors 
• Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt by Salima Ikram
• A BBC article by Zaria Grovett: The lost art of the death mask 
• An Art and Object article by Effie Jackson: The History of Venetian Masks
• National Geographic Article by Erin Blakemore: Why plague doctors wore those strange beaked masks 

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