It seems it would be a stretch to charge the heads. If it was their authority to do restorations, then a botched restoration is a criminal act. The actual restorers though? Were they not just following orders?



Prosecutors said the eight people who will be charged are six restorers and two former heads of the restoration section at the museum.

They are accused of negligence and violation of the professional rules of the workplace, the statement said.

To take many ethics classes as part of their training and are drilled on it constantly. I don't think any art conservator could legitimately use the defense that they were just doing what their boss told them to do. Part of the damage also came from them using the wrong adhesive in the repair.

... anyone whose work is that SLOPPY is definitely in the wrong line of work. I don't know about criminal charges, but they certainly should have been fired, in hopes that they would find more suitable employment.

carried through a crowd of tourists and set on top of another case while there in the fall of 2012. I could have touched it as it went past me. Amazing it hasn't been more damaged.

This is a 3000 year old artifact that is an essential treasure of our civilization. The fact that it was in a situation where it was vulnerable to breakage is a serious breach of the duty of the curators of the museum. The fact that it was mishandled and broken is also a serious breach. And on top of that it was not repaired by professional restorers.

Just think of how people would feel if an artifact that was special to you had been so abused. I would imagine that Christians would be outraged should the Shroud of Turin were to be ripped and then clumsily sew together.

This mask is a valuable artifact of our civilization and heritage and the curators of the Museum in Egypt do not deserve the privilege of caring for relics like this one. There are other museums around the world, The British Museum, The Museum of The University of Pennsylvania, and others who have curators who know how to care for ancient artifacts properly. These professionals will preserve and protect these artifacts and insure they are not kept in a situation where they can be damaged.

> This mask is a valuable artifact of our civilization and heritage and the curators
> of the Museum in Egypt do not deserve the privilege of caring for relics like this one.
> There are other museums around the world, The British Museum, The Museum
> of The University of Pennsylvania, and others who have curators who know how to
> care for ancient artifacts properly. These professionals will preserve and protect
> these artifacts and insure they are not kept in a situation where they can be damaged.

"Elgin Marbles"