Mud wasp nests have helped establish a date for the Gwion Gwion rock art in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. “The Kimberley region hosts thousands of rock art sites with some earlier depictions in a remarkably good state of preservation,” said Professor Peter Veth, from the Centre for Rock Art Research and Management at […]
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Fixing Tutankhamun’s beard: ‘unfortunately they used epoxy’
Restorers give progress report as they attempt to rectify damage done when beard was broken by worker, then bodged back together with everyday glue Restorers have put their work on the famed golden burial mask of King Tutankhamun on display in Cairo, over a year after the beard was accidentally knocked off and hastily glued […]