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3,000-Year-Old Tomb of King Tut Finally Restored
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3,000-Year-Old Tomb of King Tut Finally Restored
By Megan Gannon, Live Science Contributor | January 23, 2019 06:36am ET
 
3,000-Year-Old Tomb of King Tut Finally Restored
Conservators and archaeologists complete conservation work of the wall paintings in the burial chamber of King Tut's tomb in the spring of 2016.
 

Conservators have finally completed a decade-long restoration of the tomb of King Tutankhamun in Egypt.

The project — carried out by the Los Angeles-based Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities — involved stabilizing the wall paintings that decorated the 3,000-year-old tomb, as well as adding features like new barriers and a new ventilation system that would reduce damage to the site in the future.

"Conservation and preservation is important for the future and for this heritage and this great civilization to live forever," Zahi Hawass, Egyptologist and former minister of State for Antiquities in Egypt, said in a statement.

https://www.livescience.com/64566-king-tut-tomb-restored.html