They punish damage to Tutankhamun – Siete24

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Cairo, Egypt- Egyptian prosecutors ordered eight workers from the Egyptian Museum brought before a disciplinary court for “gross negligence” after a botched repair job left scratching his beard in the famous funerary mask of Tutankhamun.

The Mask 3300 years old, whose beard was accidentally broken and quickly attached with epoxy glue in 2014, was scratched and damaged by the makeshift repair work, prosecutors said in a I statement released Sunday. The case involved the then director of the Egyptian Museum and the head of catering.

“In an attempt to conceal the damage they inflicted, used sharp instruments such as scalpels and metal tools to remove traces of adhesive mask, leaving damage and scratches, “he said, citing research. The eight employees face now fines and disciplinary action, including dismissal.

The mask was returned to its exhibition space last month after a German-Egyptian team of specialists withdraw the epoxy and reinstate the beard using beeswax, which has been used since ancient times as an adhesive.

A year ago, a museum curator who was present at the time of repair said that the epoxy had dried on his face the mask of the boy king and a colleague used a spatula to remove, leaving scratches.

Another conservative who inspected regularly mask also saw the scratches and said it was clear that they had been made with a tool that was used to scrape the epoxy. Both spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.

The mask was discovered in 1922 by British archaeologists in the tomb along with other antiquities, triggering a global interest in archeology and ancient Egypt.

One of the most valuable artifacts in the world and the piece better known in the Egyptian Museum, a major tourist attraction in Cairo, which was built in 1902 and home to Egyptian mummies and other antiquities.

Recently, King Tutankhamun has been recent focus of archaeologists and new media commentary after the British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves published his theory that Tutankhamun, who died at the age of 19, may have It has been hastily carried an outer chamber of what was originally the tomb of Queen Nefertiti. (AP)

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