Egypt begins restoring King Tut’s coffin

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(4 Aug 2019) Egypt said it had started the first-ever restoration on the gold-covered sarcophagus of the famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun, ahead of the country's new museum opening next year. • Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany said on Sunday work on the outermost coffin, made of wood and gilded with gold, will take at least eight months. • He said that was because the state of conservation was very fragile, as it was never restored since 1922, when British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the intact 3,000-year-old tomb and the treasures it held. • The coffin had remained in the tomb until July, when it was moved to the new Grand Egyptian Museum, being built near the famed pyramids of Giza outside Cairo. • Tutankhamun ascended the throne at age nine, ruling until his death at the age 18 or 19. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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