King Tut's Beard was Broken and The Repair is a Hack Job

[DonDavis]

This is amazing. The mindset of the repair guys is quite incredible.
Boggles my mind to see this done to this artifact.

Wow.

Beard of Egypt's King Tut hastily glued back on with epoxy

[ckissick]

Was Mr. Bean involved?

[atcjorg]

should have used JB WELD!!!!!!!

[Porsche-O-Phile]

SarcophagusMeister?

[legion]

The attitude was to get it fixed before anyone found out. Very common and almost always leads to more trouble when discovered.

[5String43]

Saw this on the news yesterday. Amazing to me that they didn't just have the thing repaired properly by an expert. But this is Egypt, after all, where the situation is a long way from normal. Whatever normal is there.

[mpeastend]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

SarcophagusMeister?

Holy **** that's funny!

[Hugh R]

I had several very large, 50-60 year old Inuit soap stone carvings repaired after the Northridge Earthquake. They were fixed by a restorer recommended by the Getty Museum. Cost me a lot of $, but I look at them 20+ years later, and I've long ago forgotten about the cost.

[bri450sl]

Man, the damage shown in the first pic is bad. I think I could have done a better job. But really, should have been sent to a professional. Cannot turn back time and the damage is done now.

[afterburn 549]

The Mr. Bean Comment is funny! LOL
Maybe a movie will come of it ..LOL
What i do not understand is they try to make us believe these things, Mummy and rest of treasures come out of the pyramids...

[javadog]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

What i do not understand is they try to make us believe these things, Mummy and rest of treasures come out of the pyramids...

You don't agree?

JR

[Mark Henry]

Very sad.

When I was 19 or 20-ish all of Tut's display was loaned to the ROM, Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
I asked my friends if they wanted to go, it had nothing to do strippers and beer so they said it was a stupid waste of money.

I went by myself, it was expensive for young lad, I spent the whole day at the museum. The tut exhibit was amazing.

It was just one of the things that made me come to the conclusion that I needed to get my ass in gear...and find better friends.

[pavulon]

again?

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

What i do not understand is they try to make us believe these things, Mummy and rest of treasures come out of the pyramids...

[afterburn 549]

Originally Posted by javadog

You don't agree?

JR

Excuse me?
Maybe you too have been swept by the lie?
Look it up.
Not one was ( mommy )ever found in a pyramid. !
Not even the sealed ones that were not robbed . ( like some open ones said to be robbed )
Notice how the so called Egyptology camera will show artifacts then show pyramids?
Its a Trick.
They dont show the cave type graves dug in the ground where all this is actually found.
No nothing except some bones of one female to a not so sure was found in one pyramid. It was not a mummy.
No inscriptions to Pharaohs in the Pyramids . This alone indicates they were not ever built to their tribute.
No nothing ! LOL

[Mark Henry]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Excuse me?
Maybe you too have been swept by the lie?
Look it up.
Not one was ( mommy )ever found in a pyramid. !
Not even the sealed ones that were not robbed . ( like some open ones said to be robbed )
Notice how the so called Egyptology camera will show artifacts then show pyramids?
Its a Trick.
They dont show the cave type graves dug in the ground where all this is actually found.
No nothing except some bones of one female to a not so sure was found in one pyramid. It was not a mummy.
No inscriptions to Pharaohs in the Pyramids . This alone indicates they were not ever built to their tribute.
No nothing ! LOL

Pffffffttt...everyone knows they were built by the Decepticons

[javadog]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Not one was ( mommy )ever found in a pyramid. !

You may wish to study this a little more. Unless you were talking about your mommy. Can't help you there.

All I want to hear is that at least one mummy was found in one pyramid. It doesn't have to be one of the big ones, it could be one of the smaller ones that often were built near a bigger one. There's well over a hundred of the damn things, so get busy.

Here's a little music to study by:

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by mark henry

pffffffttt...everyone knows they were built by the decepticons

lol!!!

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by DonDavis

This is amazing. The mindset of the repair guys is quite incredible.
Boggles my mind to see this done to this artifact.

Wow.

Beard of Egypt's King Tut hastily glued back on with epoxy

Could have been worse:

Woman ruins 19th century painting while trying to restore it
By Jordan Chittley | Daily Buzz – Thu, 23 Aug, 2012

Cecilia Gimenez admits to botching the Elias Garcia Martinez artwork, but says the priest told her to restore it

Three images of the Ecce Homo by painter Elias Garcia Martinez. The image shows from left to right the original …




An elderly woman who ruined a 19th century painting of Jesus by trying to restore it says the priest knew what she was doing all along.

Cecilia Gimenez, who is in her 80s, told the BBC the church always repairs deteriorating artwork in the building and says the priest told her to do it. She denies going behind anyone's back and attempting to restore the painting in secret.


Gimenez is not a professional restorer, but attempted to repair the painting Ecce Homo by Elias Garcia Martinez after it had deteriorated. Officials at the Sanctuary of Mercy Church in Zaragoza, where the painting was kept, are now scrambling to see if the painting can be saved.

The painting had hung on the church walls in Spain for more than 120 years, but over the past 18 months moisture in the church had caused the artwork to deteriorate.

According to the Telegraph, Gimenez was upset by the disrepair so she took it upon herself to fix the situation. The image above shows from left to right the original version, the deteriorated version and Gimenez' restoration attempt.

"The result is disastrous and we are consulting experts to see what can be done," said Javier Silvestre, the councillor of Culture at Borja town hall, to the Telegraph.

The botched attempt was only discovered when the artist's granddaughter donated money to have the painting restored and an expert was sent out to look at it. Church officials initially thought it had been vandalized, but then Gimenez came forward.

The value of the original work is not considered to be very high. The church is considering legal action against Gimenez.

[javadog]

Deleted, double post...

[scottmandue]

What? No one could find a roll of duct tape?