Egypt Says King Tut Mask Was Scratched, Sends 8 to Trial

Al Arabiya ^ | Sunday, 24 January 2016

[nickcarraway]

Eight Egyptians involved in a botched repair of the famed burial mask of King Tut, which was corrected late last year, were referred to a disciplinary court on Sunday for "gross negligence" after prosecutors said that the golden treasure was scratched.

The 3,300-year old mask, whose beard was accidentally knocked off and hastily glued on with epoxy in 2014, was scratched and damaged as a result of the amateur repair job, prosecutors said in a Sunday statement, which implicated the then-head of the Egyptian Museum and the chief of the restoration department.

"In an attempt to cover up the damage they inflicted, they used sharp instruments such as scalpels and metal tools to remove traces of adhesive on the mask, causing damage and scratches that remain," it said, citing an investigation. The eight now face fines and disciplinary measures including dismissal.

[refreshed]

I live in a 115-year-old house. I’m always telling the kids to stop hanging on the doorknobs. “Those doorknobs have been around 115 years and you guys are not going to be the ones to break them!” At least they aren’t knocking the beard off Tut’s mask.

[Political Junkie Too]

They should have used duct tape.

-PJ

[CrazyIvan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgTPH5y1-ZI

[Charles Martel]

Sounds like a scene out of The Three Stooges.

[ClearCase_guy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3JtmZugzl4

4 minute clip from “The Social Network” (how Facebook got invented). It’s amusing scene, featuring a portrayal of Harvard President Larry Summers, and it mentions old door knobs. Clever dialogue.

[Clay Moore]

“Sounds like a scene out of The Three Stooges.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dZqc3fp4Rc

[dfwgator]

He gave his life for tourism.

[Huskrrrr]

“King Rootin-Tootin.” Brilliant!

[rlmorel]

I guess they don't have this flowchart in Egypt:

[Yardstick]

Isn’t the first required course at any decent museum curators school something like Not Knocking King Tut’s Beard Off 101?

[Charles Martel]

I think they revisited “King Rootin-Tootin” in an episode with Shemp, later. I remember a big black dude chasing them with a scimitar. Timeless stuff.

[katana]

They made a movie about someone who did much the same thing with Whistler's Mother.

[nicepaco]

They didnt blow it up?

[Pollster1]

another art restoration gone bad (old story, new details).

[r_barton]

Tut, tut, tut.

[Huskrrrr]

I think you’re right.

[rlmorel]

"Isn't the first required course at any decent museum curators school something like Not Knocking King Tut’s Beard Off 101?

Heh, your post made me laugh out loud!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Pollster1, and LOL.

[Bigg Red]

Well, how long before ISIS destroys the whole thing?