German and Egyptian experts concluded the restoration of the funerary mask of Pharaoh Tutankhamen, which will be exhibited in the Egyptian Museum from December 16, said the Minister of antiquity ?? ages, Mamdouh to Damati .
The restoration work and analysis lasted eight weeks with the goal that “mask again receive visitors crowning collection of small objects Pharaoh,” the minister said.
Damati in a statement ahead of a press conference held on the 16th at the Egyptian Museum to explain every detail of the restoration, which began last October.
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The head of the restoration of the mask, the German Christian Eckmann said at the start of the work was proceeding to remove inappropriate and harmful glue that was applied to the valuable object after chin divest its early 2015.
The expert, who leads an Egyptian-German joint team, also he said that until the damage can not evaluate said resin could not determine what was the best method to restore the mask.
The gold mask, which has embedded semiprecious stones, was damaged during construction work for change the lighting of the Egyptian Museum in 2014, in circumstances that have still not been clarified and that sparked a controversy
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Then, part of the mask of the young pharaoh, whose burial was found intact in the city of Luxor, was accidentally dislodged and managers decided to stick with resin object ” epoxy “as had to admit at the time Al Damati.
After that came to light the incident, Germany offered its assistance to Egypt to restore valuable mask and delivered last September to 50,000 euros Egyptian authorities to do so.
Tutankhamun reigned for a short period of the first half of the century 1300 BC and most important of its mandate was the return of the influence and power to the priests of Amun, after . monotheist Akhenaton experience
Source: EFE
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