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Beard on King Tut's burial mask damaged after epoxy gluing
AP ^
| January 22, 2014
| Staff
Posted on 01/22/2015 8:36:00 AM PST by C19fan
The blue and gold braided beard on the burial mask of famed pharaoh Tutankhamun was hastily glued back on with epoxy, damaging the relic after it was knocked during cleaning, conservators at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo said Wednesday.
The museum is one of the city's main tourist sites, but in some areas, ancient wooden sarcophagi lay unprotected from the public, while pharaonic burial shrouds, mounted on walls, crumble from behind open panels of glass. Tutankhamun's mask, over 3,300 years old, and other contents of his tomb are its top exhibits.
Three of the museum's conservators reached by telephone gave differing accounts of when the incident occurred last year, and whether the beard was knocked off by accident while the mask's case was being cleaned, or was removed because it was loose.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: 18thdynasty; amarna; ancientautopsies; ancientegypt; archaeology; egypt; godsgravesglyphs; kingtut; museum; newkingdom; tutankhamun
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From what I understand the Egyptian Museum is the worst major museum in the world in how they store, protect, and preserve some of the most valuable antiquities in the world. They would be better off outsourcing the operations to some Western Museum.
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posted on
01/22/2015 8:36:00 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
At least they didn’t use duct tape.
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posted on
01/22/2015 8:38:49 AM PST
by
Starboard
To: C19fan
Who knew ‘LocTite’ was available in antiquity.
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posted on
01/22/2015 8:40:55 AM PST
by
shove_it
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
To: C19fan
Sounds like a good Columbo episode....cuz you know someone is lying....
and the truth is....they got caught trying to steal....nevermind.
Don't want to give too much away.
To: C19fan; Kenny Bunk
They should've had
Kenny Bunk on the job.
The repair would not be noticeable and King Tut would now be useful for future generations as a hand-hold, stanchion, or replacement tiller.
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01/22/2015 8:48:04 AM PST
by
golux
To: Sacajaweau
Sounds like a good Columbo episode....cuz you know someone is lying.... and the truth is....they got caught trying to steal....nevermind."Just one more thing, professor....who else besides the three conservators knew that the mask had been damaged?....hey, will you look at that vase over there? Gosh, that's beautiful...my wife would love to have something like this."
To: GreenHornet
Episode 22 Season 858...."The Gold Earing"
What can I say...I just loved Columbo. Can you tell?
To: golux
Thanks for the recommendation, Golux.
However, when the Gippo Museum called, I and Les Frères Gougeon were busy repairing the Pietá with West System Epoxy Filler and microballoons. I recommended Michelle Robinson Obama for the Tut job. She knows a lot about beards.
Philadelphia and the Liberty Bell next! We're like booked, Dude.
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posted on
01/22/2015 8:59:58 AM PST
by
Kenny Bunk
(Gay Muslim Marxist from Mombasa as POTUS? Sure! What could possibly go wrong?)
To: C19fan
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posted on
01/22/2015 9:02:13 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: C19fan
I am surprised no one posted the before and after pics of the painting that old woman ruined...
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posted on
01/22/2015 9:11:05 AM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: PghBaldy
To: C19fan
Another museum conservator, who was present at the time of the repair, said that epoxy had dried on the face of the boy king's mask and that a colleague used a spatula to remove it, leaving scratches. The first conservator, who inspects the artifact regularly, confirmed the scratches and said it was clear that they had been made by a tool used to scrape off the epoxy. Amateur hour at the Egyptian Museum!
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01/22/2015 9:42:15 AM PST
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: C19fan
There’s nothing worthwhile that Bondo or bailing wire can’t fix.
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posted on
01/22/2015 9:43:34 AM PST
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
To: C19fan
I'm glad college educated professionals with the proper tools were doing the repairs! Well done!
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posted on
01/22/2015 9:45:01 AM PST
by
4yearlurker
(Some people say that experts agree!!)
To: C19fan
They had a picture of the head curator at the link.
To: C19fan
"Wow, this is the beard of King Tut! You can't even put a dollar number on it, it's absolutely priceless! Wait, is that a spot of glue? Worthless junk!"
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posted on
01/22/2015 10:01:54 AM PST
by
pepsi_junkie
(Who is John Galt?)
To: Starboard
Should have used bubble gum.
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01/22/2015 10:09:04 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: TexasRepublic; C19fan; golux
During my tragically misdirected youth (all I can seem to remember is that the President was named "Herb" Something) I met a fellow in a Maine boatyard who filled a tooth cavity (his own) with Marine-Tex. Seemed to work OK. Good color match, too.
BTW, Tex, it is not widely known, but most of the antiquities in the care of the Gippo Museum are already Bondo.
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posted on
01/22/2015 12:00:47 PM PST
by
Kenny Bunk
(Gay Muslim Marxist from Mombasa as POTUS? Sure! What could possibly go wrong?)
To: Kenny Bunk
I’ve used quick-setting epoxy on a Friday night. Why do broken teeth always happen on a weekend?
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01/22/2015 12:12:07 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Thanks C19fan.
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posted on
01/22/2015 12:47:29 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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