Tutankhamun ... The Ministry of Antiquities is preparing to transport King Tutankhamun's latest military wheel from the Military Museum of the Citadel to the Grand Egyptian Museum.

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 Dr. Mustapha Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that King Tutankhamun's sixth wheel of a total of six wheels, including warplanes, including fishing wheels, were found inside his tomb by archaeologist Howard Catter in 1922, Wheels Inside the Graveyard Four wheels were found inside the anti chamber and two inside the treasury, including the sixth wheel.

 
Tutankhamun
 


Tutankhamun


 
The six wheels were moved to the Egyptian Museum by Liberation and four were exhibited at the Liberation Museum. The fifth wheel was returned to the Luxor Museum. The sixth wheel, which was found dismantled inside the treasury, was loaned to the Military Museum in 1987, The Faculty of Archeology, Dr. Nadia was successful in collecting and repairing the sixth military wheel within nine years and was presented at the Military Museum.
On the other hand, Dr. Khaled Al-Anani, the Minister of Antiquities and Commander-in-Chief of the Ministry of Defense, addressed the approval of the return of the military wheel.
 
 This is the first time the discovery of the cemetery in 1922, in which six-wheeled King Tutankhamun will be assembled and displayed in one place, the Grand Museum.
 
The working team of the Grand Museum and the Military Museum inspected the wheel and began to prepare the status report and the receipt and delivery minutes until the work team of the Great Museum carried out the first documentation and restoration works and the upgrading of the wheel. The work was done in the mechanical cleaning of the soil and the installation of the weak places. And connections using acid-free Japanese chi-paper and stabilized with a dilute solution of the cossil ى in order to ensure complete safety during work.
 
Elm Wood is a hardwood, arched, hard-working hardwood and transport. It took 6 days to complete the first repair and packaging. The team worked on packing and putting the wheel and its parts into 7 wooden boxes, three of which Inner boxes and four outer boxes containing the body of the wheel, the wheel, the wheels and the accessories.
 
The working team of the restoration and archaeologist used absorbent materials to maintain the relative humidity in excess of the permissible limit, as well as the use of units against vibrations during transport, as well as scientific devices for measuring temperature, humidity and vibration intensity. The wheel will undergo sterilization and complete restoration within the wood laboratory at the restoration center. Be ready for display at the opening of the Grand Museum
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