From the article: The mask, which is more than 3,300 years old, - TopicsExpress



          

From the article: The mask, which is more than 3,300 years old, is displayed with other contents of King Tuts tomb in an unprotected exhibit at the museum. Conservators disagree over whether the beard was knocked off by accident or removed because it was loose, according to the Associated Press, which first reported the story. Either way, a museum staff member used epoxy glue to repair the burial mask, which damaged the artifact. Unfortunately, he used a very irreversible material — epoxy has a very high property for attaching and is used on metal or stone, but I think it wasnt suitable for an outstanding object like Tutankhamuns golden mask, one conservator told the AP. livescience/49528-king-tutankhamun-beard-glued.html
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 22:34:57 +0000

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