Mask
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A mask is a type of clothing you put on your face. There are many reasons why you use masks. You can use masks to make it so that others do not know who you are (like when a robber steals from a bank) or use it to make your face safe from harm (like a gas mask to make it so that harmful gases do not get into your body).
The word "mask" might have came from other languages. "Mask" might have came from the French word masque, the Italian word maschera, the Spanish word máscara, the Latin (not classical) word mascus/masca (meaning "ghost") or the Arabic word maskharah (meaning "jester" or "man in masquerade").
The oldest mask found is the Mask of Warka. It is about five thousand years old.
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