Throughout the past two weeks, the wood and mural lab members at the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center have been diagnosing the new artifacts that have been recently transported to the museum. The analysis was conducted with the help of Japanese diagnostic analyst and wood experts from the Joint Conservation […]
Documentation and Planning of Mounting for the Textile Artifacts
Members of the Organic Conservation Lab in the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center are currently documenting and preparing for the mount of artifacts in preparation of the soft opening of the museum which is planned to take place in near future. The team has continued their work with Organic Japanese […]
Press Release: Transportation of King Tutankhamun’s Bed and Chariot to the Grand Egyptian Museum
The Grand Egyptian Museum Joint Conservation Project (GEM-JC Project) team has transported the last Chariot and Bed from the Egyptian Museum, El Tahrir to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) on April 22,2018. The GEM-JC team members were commuting to the Tahrir Museum to document the Chariot and the Bed before […]
Press Release: Transportation of King Tutankhamun’s Chariot to the Grand Egyptian Museum
The team of the Grand Egyptian Museum Joint Conservation Project (GEM-JC Project) completed the transportation of King Tutankhamun’s 4th Chariot on 10th April 2018. The Chariot had been exhibited at Luxor Museum, which made the transportation team concerned about the timing of the transportation due to the sudden climate changes that […]
Preparation for the Transportation of King Tutankhamun’s Chariot to the Grand Egyptian Museum
Since March, 2018, some members from the Grand Egyptian Museum Joint Conservation team have gone to Luxor Museum to prepare for the transportation of the 4th Chariot of King Tutankhamun to the Grand Egyptian Museum. The Documentation team first checked the condition of the Chariot. Then they started scanning it […]