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In pictures: Tutankhamun death mask made with coffee cups sets world record

An Egyptian chef has set a new world record by using 7,260 cups full of coffee to reproduce the famous King Tutankhamun death mask in the Egyptian Grand Musem in Giza.

People gather around a depiction of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun's death mask made of 7260 cups of coffee, in front of the newly-built Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza, on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo. All image courtesy: MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images

People gather around a depiction of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s death mask made of 7260 cups of coffee, in front of the newly-built Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza, on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo.

People gather around a depiction of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s death mask made of 7260 cups of coffee, in front of the newly-built Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza, on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo.

A depiction of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s death mask made of 7260 cups of coffee, is pictured in front of the newly-built Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza, on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo.

People gather around a depiction of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s death mask made of 7260 cups of coffee, in front of the newly-built Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza, on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo.

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