According to Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves, the mask is "not only the quintessential image from Tutankhamun's tomb, it is perhaps the best-known object from ancient Egypt itself."
Egüptoloog Nicholas Reeves'i järgi ei ole mask mitte üksnes Tutanhamoni hauakambri kvintessents, vaid "ehk tuntuim ese kogu muistsest Egiptusest".