A
collection of 614 artefacts arrived safely at the Grand Egyptian Museum. Written By/ Nevine
El-Aref.
A
collection of 614 artefacts were transported from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir
Square to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) by the pyramids on Monday. Osama
Abu El-Kheir, general director of the Conservation Department at the GEM, said
that the collection contains 11 objects from the treasure sof King Tutankhamun,
among them the king’s diadem.
Also
included are items from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period, including a wooden
box of King Amenhotep II covered with a layer of a white mortar and engraved
with the king's cartouche and a hieratic text, as well as a collection of
Osirian statuettes and a limestone statue of the fifth dynasty’s top official
in the royal palace, Senefer, and a 26th dynasty relief bearing the image of a
sphinx. The
transfer of Tutankhamun’s diadem was really a challenge,” Eissa Zaidan, head of
the First Aid Restoration Department at the GEM told Ahram Online.
He
explained that the diadem was in a very poor conservation condition. The
restoration team used all the required scientific methods to protect the diadem
and covered it with special kind of antibacterial and anti-acidic foam to
guarantee its safe arrival, he explained.The new museum is scheduled to open in 2020.
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