Two copper statues of Pepi the First of the Sixth Dynasty, one life size and the other smaller, were found, very corroded, in Hierakonpolis, north of Edfu, in AD 1897 and 1898.
The conservation department of the Supreme Council of Antiquities hesitated for more than 30 years to touch these statues for restoration and conservation. Both statues were recently cleaned and restored.
The goal of the restoration was not only to preserve them for future generations, but also to reveal the marvelous details of the facial features and the parts of the bodies, which had been invisible under heavy layers of corrosion.
From the same excavation at Hierakonpolis came the golden falcon's head exhibited in the Egyptian Museum .
The conservation department of the Supreme Council of Antiquities hesitated for more than 30 years to touch these statues for restoration and conservation. Both statues were recently cleaned and restored.
The goal of the restoration was not only to preserve them for future generations, but also to reveal the marvelous details of the facial features and the parts of the bodies, which had been invisible under heavy layers of corrosion.
From the same excavation at Hierakonpolis came the golden falcon's head exhibited in the Egyptian Museum .
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