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# The funerary mask of the semi-legendary Empress Himiko in the film "Tomb Raider: Lara Croft" is a complete replica of a real woman's mask from the Oglakhty burial ground in Khakassia
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- Published: 2021-08-19T09:04:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:40:40.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archaeology, Cinema, Museums, Saint Petersburg, Ethnography

The funerary mask of the semi-legendary Empress Himiko in the film "Tomb Raider: Lara Croft" is a complete replica of a real woman's mask from the Oglakhty burial ground in Khakassia. The painted plaster mask, made by a woman of the Tashtyk archaeological culture, dates from the 3rd-4th centuries AD and is kept in the Hermitage. The funerary rite attested by finds in the Khakassian burial grounds of the early centuries AD is an example of precisely those preparations for the afterlife that ancient authors described as exceedingly ingenious and fascinating. The heritage of the peoples of Russia is a most lavish treasury of world culture and never ceases to astonish