Restores the beard on the 3,300-year-old gold mask

Experts are fixing the beard on Egyptian King Tutankhamun's mask, after the museum staff spoiled it last year.

Set up a beard on the mask of pharaoh Tutankhamun

According to Guardian, the 3,300-year-old mask of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922 by British, Howard Carter and George Herbert archaeologists. This is one of the most precious treasures of ancient Egypt. excavated along with the almost intact tomb of King Tutankhamun.

In August 2014, an employee at the Egyptian Museum made a beard on the mask while working with relics. Then, the beard is hastily attached with epoxy glue, causing it to be damaged by improper repair.

After discovering a mistake in January 2015, the Egyptian Antiquities Department held a press conference to try to restore the mask . The German and Egyptian expert group put a mask into storage in a laboratory of the Egyptian Museum, and either designed or removed details to remove the epoxy adhesive, remove the beard before re-attaching it by means of France is defined by the General Scientific Council.

Tutankhamun's mask.

Christian Eckmann, the head of the recovery team, said the work will last from one to two months, depending on the time to remove the beard attached to the mask.

"Currently, we have some uncertainties. Since we don't know the depth of the glue inside the beard, we haven't figured out the time to remove the beard," Eckmann said on the sidelines. Press conference.

"We try to do all the work by mechanical means, then we can use another strategy that is to heat the glue up a bit. Unfortunately epoxy glue cannot dissolve." .

Eckmann said that during the restoration of the mask, experts will conduct a thorough study of the ancient techniques and materials used to create it.

"We are using this opportunity to get new information about the mask production process , " Eckmann said.