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Someone Glued The Beard Off King Tut’s Mask Back On After Accident

Someone Glued The Beard Off King Tut’s Mask Back On After Accident

From Business Insider

An Egyptian conservation group said it will sue the antiquities minister over a “botched” repair of the mask of King Tutankhamun that left a crust of dried glue on the priceless relic.

The golden funerary mask, seen Friday by AFP at the Egyptian Museum, showed the sticky aftermath of what appears to have been overzealous use of glue to fix the mask’s beard in place.

A museum official, who spoke anonymously to avoid repercussions, told AFP the beard had fallen of accidentally when the mask was removed from its case last year to repair the lighting.

 

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