Egyptian Museum Admits To Botched Gluing Of Tutankhamun’s Beard

Head of conservation is relocated to lower-profile site, after officials in Cairo confirm real sequence of eventsIt’s a pharaoh cop, Egyptian archaeology officials have admitted. After initially downplaying reports that Tutankhamun’s beard had been fixed with the wrong glue, the Egyptian Museum has owned up to the error – and moved its chief conservator to less glamorous pastures.As head of conservation, Dr Elham Abdelrahman bore ultimate responsibility for the botched gluing operation, and now finds herself in another sticky situation – relocation to a lower-profile site: the museum of royal vehicles.

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