Archaeologists and restoration specialists at the Grand Egyptian Museum have completed the work of moving and re-installing the second cabin of King Tutankhamun inside the glass facade designated for it with the rest of the cabins of the young king.
Thus, the number of compartments that were transferred during the last period from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the Grand Egyptian Museum reached 3 compartments for the treasures of the golden king Tutankhamun.
The Assistant Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Archaeological Affairs at the Grand Egyptian Museum, Al-Tayeb Abbas, explained that this cabin is made of gilded wood and was found among the king’s possessions in his tomb on the western bank of Luxor, which was discovered in November 1922, and then it was transferred with the rest of the pieces to the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, where have been shown.
Abbas added that “the remaining cabin will be moved soon to display each of King Tutankhamun’s cabins in a special interface, according to the latest museum display methods in the halls dedicated to displaying the king’s treasures, which have an area of about 7200 square meters and are equipped with the latest means of display from interfaces with environmental control. In terms of temperature, humidity and lighting, in addition to illustrative means of graphics and caption cards for each piece, as well as display screens illustrating the presentation scenario of the young king.
He stressed that the work of placing other artifacts of King Tutankhamun is going on regularly, and according to its schedule.
A statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities stated that the process of transferring the cabin was carried out in accordance with precise scientific principles and standards, as the cabin was dismantled into 15 parts in the same method and method of industry used by the ancient Egyptian, and then each part was individually wrapped inside an internal box and an external one using acid-free materials.
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