Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This week, conservator Verena Kotonski takes a really long look at the Sherborne Cartonnage to assess what state it's in, how it got to be in that condition and what methods she may be able to use to stabilize it without causing any damage to it. Effectively, Verena's job this week is to try to solve a 3D puzzle with no instruction manual. However, never fear! While Verena doesn't have an instruction manual, she does have a hoover. Keep your eyes peeled, things are about to get microscopically detailed.
To be honest we have no idea how many episodes this series will have, each month the cartonnage has posed new 'challenges'. But it's also revealed more about life and death in Ancient Egypt. So we hope you will follow along as an already long project gets made even longer by unexpected global hand break turns.
The conservation and the making of this film was generously sponsored by the John S Cohen Foundation.
#AncientEgypt #Conservation #NewButOld
This week, conservator Verena Kotonski takes a really long look at the Sherborne Cartonnage to assess what state it's in, how it got to be in that condition and what methods she may be able to use to stabilize it without causing any damage to it. Effectively, Verena's job this week is to try to solve a 3D puzzle with no instruction manual. However, never fear! While Verena doesn't have an instruction manual, she does have a hoover. Keep your eyes peeled, things are about to get microscopically detailed.
To be honest we have no idea how many episodes this series will have, each month the cartonnage has posed new 'challenges'. But it's also revealed more about life and death in Ancient Egypt. So we hope you will follow along as an already long project gets made even longer by unexpected global hand break turns.
The conservation and the making of this film was generously sponsored by the John S Cohen Foundation.
#AncientEgypt #Conservation #NewButOld
