Accused of damaging the mask of Tutankhamen – The Tribuno.com.ar

Eight officers and employees of the Cairo Museum repaired with glue accused of the death mask of Tutankhamun, 3,300 years old, face administrative sanctions, told reporters yesterday the prosecution.

The former director of the Egyptian Museum, the director of catering, four directors and two employees of the department were “cited by a court of urgency to appear before a disciplinary tribunal,” he told reporters Samir Mohamed, spokesman for prosecutors Cairo.

The eight employees “tried a piece of over 3,300 years old with extreme neglect (…) causing him damage are still visible,” said Samir.

In the statement, the prosecution detailed the officials face charges of “gross negligence” and “flagrant violation of scientists and restoration processes.”

In August 2014, during construction work to improve the lighting in the museum of Cairo, solid gold mask and took a hit off his beard. Museum employees used epoxy glue to stick it back, leaving a trail of glue on the edge of symbolic beard Pharaoh child.

The eight suspects were taken immediately after the incident to another service while having Instead research.

On December 16, the famous mask was repositioned to be exhibited in the museum after two months of restoration, in which a German team took care of heating the glue to dissolve, but without damaging the metal.

Discovered in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, the treasure of Tutankhamun is the most prestigious of the Museum of Cairo.