Last week, His Excellency Noke Masaki has visited the Grand Egyptian Museum for the first time after being assigned as the Japanese Ambassador to Egypt. Dr. Tarek Tawfik, the general supervisor of GEM has accompanied him throughout his visit at the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center, explaining to His Excellency […]
Documentation and preparation for mounting of the textile artifacts are continued at the Organic Lab of the GEM-CC, after which the Japanese textile experts came from Japan by mid-September to discuss the work done and the work plan for the future.
Following the previous analysis, Egyptian and Japanese diagnostic analysis and wood teams have conducted the X-Ray photography using an X-ray Radiography device. The teams have analyzed the sides of the beds which include the bodies and heads of different animals as well as the joints that connect the foot board […]
The Japanese diagnostic analysis team worked together with the GEM-CC wood lab team to analyze some of the wood artifacts using XRF (X-ray Fluorescence) and Digital Microscope. This time, the teams have analyzed some of King Tutankhamen’s beds and chariots, confirming some elements found on the surface of the bed. […]
The Grand Egyptian Museum Joint Conservation Project Seminar took place last week on the 29th of August, 2018 at the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center. This seminar was planned to be a form of public relations to the project by introducing the work of the project to the conservators at […]
