The most prominent feature on the left side of the "Face" is the elaborate headdress, which has attracted a lot of attention among concerned researchers. The evidence of a Mars version of a sphinx and the apparent pyramidal structures in the surrounding area has some researchers, suggesting that this headdress feature may be another Egyptian link. This interpretation is fostered by the "lateral stripes" or "furrows" that run perpendicular to the gradual slope of the base, off the left side of the "Face". The combined effect of the headdress and these faint "stripes" that run to the ground in an orderly fashion, have been interpreted by researcher Mike Bara, as resembling an Egyptian death mask, much like the one worn by King Tutankhamun (figure 3).
The appearance of a second Egyptian motif was also alluded to on the forehead of the "Face" by Mike Bara on his web site. An outlined object was detected at the center of the headdress that he and other researchers thought looked "faintly" like a protruding cobra. When this object or marking is viewed in the mirrored version of the "Face", a very geometric "W" shaped mark appears right in the center of the forehead. In the half image of the humanoid side of the face this "W" appears in the shape of a "V". If this "V" shaped object was intended to portray a profiled cobra, then it would have been represented as only one half of the Egyptian serpent and not a full cobra head. So perhaps this headdress did not have a direct Egyptian connection after all. After conducting a little research into this "W" shaped emblem with various styles of cultural headdress, a match was soon discovered. Unexpectedly this Martian insignia was found to be reminiscent of the three-point leaf configuration that the ancient Maya displayed on their headdress. As evident in this Greenstone mask of the first century B.C., the Maya exhibited a three-pointed leaf emblem on their headbands to signify the "Crown" of early kings (figure 1).

    This basic triad crown emblem was adopted by the Maya from an earlier "Mother Culture" of Mesoamerica called the Olmec. The origins of the glyph was to denote the transformational properties of corn (figure 2). It was also discovered that the Olmec incorporated the use of the same lateral striped or grooved feature on their headdresses, similar to the Egyptians. In a set of Olmec sculptures, that were recently found in Mexico, a pair of kneeling twins wearing an Egyptian styled headdress were revealed in Veracruz (figure 4). Surprisingly, this lateral striped effect is commonly known amongst archaeologists as a typical imprint of Olmec royalty. What ever kind of rudimentary contact the ancient Olmec may have had with Egypt, it is clear that any attempt to establish an ancient inter-cultural alliance between these two civilizations is strongly denied by most scholars, despite the growing evidence (seen here and on Mars).