With taking all precautionary measures to confront the Corona virus, which is spread in various countries of the world, work is going on in the Grand Egyptian Museum on a regular basis, with the implementation of all state instructions to reduce the number of workers, wear masks, and measure the temperature of workers in the morning the moment they attend and evening during their departure, and was able to camera Day 7 A number of photos were taken inside one of the major museum restoration laboratories, a "wood restoration laboratory".
The timber factory currently contains a unique collection of King Tutankhamun's holdings, including the sarcophagus of the recently-moved King of Pharaoh, and a number of beds and all its war wheels, where they are restored after Carter painted them with wax in order to preserve them from environmental factors, and indeed it worked to protect part Large, but it took a lot of effort to remove that layer, in preparation for modern restoration work using modern scientific methods.
Some pieces of wax material have already been affected by wax material, especially after the gilded sides, because an oxidation process occurred between the layer of wax and wood, and when these holdings arrived, mechanisms for treating them were put in place.
And they noticed during our wandering inside the Grand Egyptian Museum, the application of precautionary measures where there are 2 mormons in the lab, both wearing masks and gloves, in addition to applying social divergence, to prevent shaking hands and speaking up close.
Complementing the conversation about what is done in the laboratory, it receives all wood monuments of all kinds, whether they are colored or gilt wood, or inlaid, and work is done with the piece by doing examinations, documentation, and available analyzes, photographing it, and an experimental study to conduct tests with the materials that will be used in the restoration, considering that Each piece is a special case in its own right.
Restoration and maintenance works of antiquities are carried out within the timber factories of the Grand Egyptian Museum, by developing a visualization of the treatment methods, accompanied by a time plan for the work presented to the museum managers and after approval, restoration work begins.