The beard of the world-famous, more than 3,000-year-old golden mask of Tut Ankh Amun fell off during a cleaning procedure and was hastily glued back on improperly. To make sure that the beard now sticks to the mask, a customized adhesives solution from Henkel was used.
Christian Eckmann of the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz, who is responsible for the restoration project, explicitly highlighted the contribution of Henkel: “The competent advice and support from the experts from the Henkel Adhesives research department significantly contributed. We were able to remove the improperly glued beard from the mask and fix it with a customized solution provided by Henkel.” Eckmann also thanked the Gerda Henkel Stiftung, which supported the restoration works with a funding.