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Egyptian conservators give King Tut's treasures new glow
- Egyptian conservators and archaeologists have worked for over a decade restoring thousands of King Tutankhamun artifacts for the Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Plateau.
- The museum's opening was originally set for July 3 but has been postponed to the final months of the year due to political upheaval, Covid-19, and regional security concerns.
- More than 150 conservators performed detailed analysis on fragile gold layers, adhesives, and wood structures, applying minimally invasive techniques including X-rays, photographic documentation, and stabilisation with reversible adhesives.
- Senior restorer Mohamed Moustafa expressed that their anticipation to visit the museum surpasses that of the visitors, while conservator Mertah likened the restoration process to piecing together an enormous puzzle.
- The GEM will become the world's largest archaeological museum for a single civilization, displaying over 100,000 artifacts including King Tut's collection, with a live lab where visitors can watch experts restore a 4,500-year-old boat over three years.
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Egyptian conservators give King Tut’s treasures new glow
As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy pharaoh's golden mask in his hands. Years later, the Egyptian conservator found himself gently brushing centuries-old dust off one of Tut's gilded ceremonial shrines -- a piece he had only seen in textbooks. "I studied
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