Egyptian antiquities remain at risk - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Walaa Hussein

Walaa Hussein

Feb 4, 2015

The golden mask of Pharaoh Tutankhamen is seen on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, January 24, 2015. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo acknowledged on Saturday that one of its greatest treasures, the mask of King Tutankhamun, had been crudely glued back together after being damaged, but insisted the item could be restored to its former glory. The golden mask's beard was detached in August, something the museum had not made public until photographs surfaced on the Internet showing a line of glue around it — The golden mask of Pharaoh Tutankhamun is seen on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Jan. 24, 2015. — REUTERS/Al Youm Al Saabi Newspaper

A guide speaks to a tourist near the Djoser's step pyramid in Saqqara, outside of Cairo March 5, 2011. Sites around the great pyramid at Giza, a Wonder of the Ancient World, the Sphinx and the cemetery at Sakkara have been nearly empty of tourists since a revolt started a month ago that ousted Hosni Mubarak and now Egypt wants visitors to return. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TRAVEL SOCIETY) - RTR2JGZU

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