Beard on King Tut's burial mask damaged after epoxy gluing

AP ^ | January 22, 2014 | Staff

[C19fan]

The blue and gold braided beard on the burial mask of famed pharaoh Tutankhamun was hastily glued back on with epoxy, damaging the relic after it was knocked during cleaning, conservators at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo said Wednesday.

The museum is one of the city's main tourist sites, but in some areas, ancient wooden sarcophagi lay unprotected from the public, while pharaonic burial shrouds, mounted on walls, crumble from behind open panels of glass. Tutankhamun's mask, over 3,300 years old, and other contents of his tomb are its top exhibits.

Three of the museum's conservators reached by telephone gave differing accounts of when the incident occurred last year, and whether the beard was knocked off by accident while the mask's case was being cleaned, or was removed because it was loose.

[Kenny Bunk]

The glue dentists use is a version of the secretion that barnacles use to attach themselves to boat hulls.

Should you have this dental problem on a Friday night in future, simply have your friends secure you by the feet and lower you head first into the nearest clean salt water. Keep your mouth open, and have friends from part (a) hoist you out every 15 minutes or so until a barnacle repairs the damage. If, as I do, you prefer mussels to barnacles, simply gargle with a white wine, butter and garlic sauce before the treatment.

Dude, it's organic!

[ABN 505]

Reminds me of a Mr.Bean skit wear he destroys the Mona Lisa. Never laughed so hard in my life.

[ReagansShinyHair]

I have the perfect person to fix it!

[colorado tanker]

Shoulda called in the pros.

[SunkenCiv]

I'm sure they'll come out okay, provided they hire decent attorneys.

[Fresh Wind]

Oh, well, after ISIS ransacks the museum, what difference at that point does it make?

[SunkenCiv]

Some of Zahi "Zowie" Hawass' greatest hits:

• King Tut hit by the curse of the dome
• Egyptian Official Angry that King Tut is not at the Met Calls Times Square Exhibition Space a 'Hole'
• Egypt Threatens Removal of Ancient Central Park Obelisk
• 'Hands off my bust' says Egypt prof [If we give this to Egypt for 3 months they won't return it]
• When Ancient Artifacts Become Political Pawns: Egypt contesting German possession of Nefertiti bust
• Egypt demands return of Rosetta Stone- threatens to pursue its claim "aggressively"

Arab spring consequences -- couldn't blame Bush, wouldn't blame Zero:

• King Tut statue among missing Egypt treasures, minister says
• Ancient Treasures Looted, Destroyed in Egypt's Chaos (Zahi Hawass interview)
• Would-Be Looters Rip Heads Off Two Egyptian Museum Mummies
• Were Tut's treasures damaged? (Egyptian Museum Looted)
• Looters Destroy Mummies in Egyptian Museum: Official
• Egyptian army storms museum to protect from looters (but not before the "street" drew a line)
• Breaking: Images of Egyptian Museum Damage
• Looters destroy mummies in Egyptian Museum

last but not least:

• Jews Barred from Cairo's Maimonides Synagogue
• Renowned Egyptologist: The Jews Went to America and Took Control of its Economy... They Have a Plan

[colorado tanker]

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!

[SunkenCiv]

http://discoveringegypt.com/egyptian-hieroglyphic-writing/hieroglyphic-typewriter/

[SunkenCiv]

The ministry of antiquities will not use laser to remove the epoxy from Tutankhamun’s mask
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/0/123300/Heritage/0/The-ministry-of-antiquities-will-not-use-laser-to-.aspx