Head of the First Aid Restoration Department at the GEM, Eissa Zidan, said 'the coffin has suffered a lot of damage, including cracks in the golden layers of plaster and a general weakness in all golden layers.' Egyptian experts finished renovating Tutankhamun's tomb in January, including restorations to the pictures found across the site.
The coffin and the other treasures belonging to it will become the most important part of the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which will soon open near the Pyramids of Giza. But the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities said on Wednesday that the repair works were essential. The Boy King's sarcophagus has not been altered since it was found in 1922. Tutankhamun's gold-plated coffin will have its first renovation for over 90 years.
