King Tut's Cleaning Crew Caused an International PR Problem
Think about King Tut's famous face without the braided beard
On January 3, 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter began digging around in in Egypt’s Valley of Kings searching for Amon-Ra knows what.
Two years later, he stumbled upon a stone sarcophagus and found a solid gold coffin holding the mythical boy king Tutankhamun.
Three centuries ago, his baby face, almond eyes, and that blue-and-gold braided beard was ensconced in gold. Today, conservators at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo are discussing that beard…and all the epoxy glue found on it.
Epoxy wasn’t an ancient Egyptian invention, so something smelled fishy…
As it turns out, the gruff actually broke off King Tut’s chin thanks to an overly aggressive cleaning crew.
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