Cairo: Egypt put the restored gold mask of Tutankhamun back on display Wednesday after German experts removed glue applied in a botched repair when the priceless artifact's beard fell off.
The restored mask -- now back in its display case at the museum -- was shown to journalists after more than two months' work by a team of German experts.
"It is done," Christian Eckmann, a German specialist in restoration work on antiquities in glass and metal, told reporters at a press conference.
The beard fell off the boy pharaoh's funerary mask in August 2014 at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and employees tried to reattach it with glue.
The accident happened when the mask was removed from its display case to repair the lighting.
In a hurried attempt to fix it, museum workers applied too much epoxy glue, leaving a visible crust.
The restored mask -- now back in its display case at the museum -- was shown to journalists after more than two months' work by a team of German experts.
"It is done," Christian Eckmann, a German specialist in restoration work on antiquities in glass and metal, told reporters at a press conference.
The accident happened when the mask was removed from its display case to repair the lighting.
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