Courtesy of The Telegraph, we learn that: King Tut's beard 'hastily glued back on with epoxy and that this priceless artifact may be irreversibly damaged at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
You see, this is why Europeans used to take such discoveries back to their home countries with them, to safeguard and display them so they're not left in the hands of complete morons.
Somehow, King Tutankhamen's beard was broken off the funeral mask, apparently during cleaning but no there seems to be owning up to it. But that was only the beginning.
Instead of affixing it properly and doing the appropriate repair, they just shoved some epoxy in, which is really not how you're supposed to do it.
Yes, some "conservator" at the museum Bubba-Ho-Tepped King Tut's burial mask.
Not content with that level of damage, they then got some epoxy on the face itself and then scraped it away with a spatula. This caused scratches to the gold face mask.
Here's the before.
Check out the Telegraph's article for after.
Unbelievable, to survive for thousands of years only to suffer at the hands of modern day incompetent Egyptian conservators.
It is to weep.
3 comments:
Yeah. I understand that people aren't happy the Europeans took so many artifacts and won't give them back. But they won't give them back now because they can't properly conserve them.
Yeah. I understand that people aren't happy the Europeans took so many artifacts and won't give them back. But they won't give them back now because they can't properly conserve them.
I'm wondering if it's even real... I wonder if the real gold one has been melted down and the gold 'disappeared'...
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