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Guardians of time: conservators breathing life into Egypt's millennia-old treasures
By Xinhua Published: Sep 14, 2025 09:30 AM
A conservator works on an ancient colossal statue at a conservation lab of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 2, 2025. While visitors wander the sunlit halls above, marveling at treasures carved millennia ago, a quieter, more meticulous drama unfolds beneath their feet, in the shadowed depths of the NMEC. (Photo: Xinhua)

A conservator works on an ancient colossal statue at a conservation lab of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 2, 2025. While visitors wander the sunlit halls above, marveling at treasures carved millennia ago, a quieter, more meticulous drama unfolds beneath their feet, in the shadowed depths of the NMEC. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
A conservator works on antiquities at a conservation lab of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 2, 2025. While visitors wander the sunlit halls above, marveling at treasures carved millennia ago, a quieter, more meticulous drama unfolds beneath their feet, in the shadowed depths of the NMEC. (Photo: Xinhua)

A conservator works on antiquities at a conservation lab of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 2, 2025. While visitors wander the sunlit halls above, marveling at treasures carved millennia ago, a quieter, more meticulous drama unfolds beneath their feet, in the shadowed depths of the NMEC. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
A conservator works on an ancient statue at a conservation lab of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 2, 2025. While visitors wander the sunlit halls above, marveling at treasures carved millennia ago, a quieter, more meticulous drama unfolds beneath their feet, in the shadowed depths of the NMEC. (Photo: Xinhua)

A conservator works on an ancient statue at a conservation lab of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 2, 2025. While visitors wander the sunlit halls above, marveling at treasures carved millennia ago, a quieter, more meticulous drama unfolds beneath their feet, in the shadowed depths of the NMEC. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
A conservator works on an ancient statue at a conservation lab of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 2, 2025. While visitors wander the sunlit halls above, marveling at treasures carved millennia ago, a quieter, more meticulous drama unfolds beneath their feet, in the shadowed depths of the NMEC (Photo: Xinhua)

A conservator works on an ancient statue at a conservation lab of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 2, 2025. While visitors wander the sunlit halls above, marveling at treasures carved millennia ago, a quieter, more meticulous drama unfolds beneath their feet, in the shadowed depths of the NMEC (Photo: Xinhua)