Book of the Dead: Ancient Egyptian coffin mask conserved for the exhibition at the British Museum
Conservators at the British Museum preparing an ancient Egyptian coffin mask for display in the exhibition Journey through the afterlife: ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.#GJWculture #Antiques #Mysteriousdiscoveries #Discovery #Artifacts
Preparations for the British Museum's next major exhibition are well underway.
Indeed, this Egyptian head of Nesba Nebjed has come for a quick facial in the organics conservation lab.
The head is part of a wooden coffin which is two and a half thousand years old.
Ellen, the conservator, is being as careful as possible to remove the dirt from his face.
She is using a conservation grade sponge and a finely tuned rolling action to take off that unsightly dirt.