The Egyptian Museum in Cairo has completed the restoration of a black basalt stela depicting the New Kingdom pharaoh Ramses II. The work was carried out as part of the museum’s regular conservation programme and its efforts to redesign the display layout and place artefacts within their appropriate historical, cultural and religious contexts. The 2.4-metre-high, 1.1-metre-wide stela had been discovered in two separate pieces and previously under…
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