❤this entire restoration series has been one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. As a detailed oriented woodworker I can respect and appreciate the clamping jigs that they created. I am incredibly envious of your chosen profession. I know that I would be a great curator and wish that I had chosen that as my career. Thank you for what you do. Wonderful series. Thank you❤❤
I watched the whole series twice to take in the fantastic techniques used by the team. I visited the museum last year and made a point of seeing the cartonnage on display. Thank you for sharing the restoration work with us all.
I really enjoyed this series, the way it was presented was a nice style and unique. In a way it's a shame to see it's finished, yet also good to see it's finished at the same time. I hope you make another series like it!
This is fabulous! Just think, you are now part of the history of this object and will be for another few thousands of years. Thank you for all your efforts. Take care and Happy Holidays, DA (Vancouver, WA - USA)
So exciting.... and so lovely to see something that looked so sad to start with, looking so very beautiful now. Congratulations to the conservation staff on a job well done
I found these videos quite profound. I am so impressed that we are still civilised enough to find funds to do this extremely skilled work. Thank-you to all who worked on the project.
Another triumph for the talented teams at the Museum. Your videos are truly part of the displays and a bit of history in themselves. They help answer the question, "How on earth did they manage to do that ?"
Thank you for this series, it's been really illuminating. Always good to see public-facing science done with the kind of skilled art and quiet reverence previously lavished only on mediaeval mosques, cathedrals and the like.
It was very nice to see all the problem solving behind the scenes that was needed. Looking at it now it doesnt look like it would have been that hard. No one would really understand just how hard it was if this wasnt documented. Charles
All the Pharoah's of the past would definitely had the restoration team working on their tombs ... what a ride ... it was educating, mesmirizing and daunting just watching so I cannot imagine what the team went through as each step of the way ancient Egypt stepped on their toes. Thanks.
This has been a wonderful project. I have followed its progress and have nothing but admiration for everyone involved in the restoration of this amazing piece. Thank you for this remarkable window into the work of the British Museum.
The chances of me ever getting to see this fascinating artefact in real life are slimmer than Japanese tissue paper. And even then, I could not see all the stages of the astounding work to restore it to its current state. So thank you to the restoration team and the documentary team for sharing this project with me.
I found myself smiling and chuckling all the way through because I know the challenge of conservation and I'm able to appreciate what they have done. Due to the rarity of the piece the question popped into my head 'will this one day be given to the museum of Ancient Egypt in Cairo?'. But then I started to think about the working conditions at the British Museum, the history of political unrest in Egypt, the Egyptian climate, and on and on. My conclusion is that it should stay where it is for the safety and security of this extremely rare item. Plus, it's quite the personal insult to the conservation team that put in all of those painstaking hours of recreating this piece just to have someone say "thanks for fixing it for me" and buggering off with it. I say No, no they cannot have it. The time effort and literally everything that goes along with what the team accomplished belongs to them and the museum.
So many haircuts, Roux! How great was that? But what does it all mean? Who was the cartonnage made for - and what do all the paintings mean? Will you let us know? I absolutely loved these videos.
What an amazing restoration. Even I got a little emotional seeing this... what an experience it must have been, reaching back in time to collaborate with ancient artists.
@@nikodemjelonek8420 We greatly respect you at the British Museum, as tourist business peddlers and chatterbox professionals, in London. But we need our moai back, he is our sacred friend, our lost friend, our friend stolen by a gang of sailors and Royal Navy officers in 1868. He will restore mana to our island, Rapa Nui, Easter Island. Please be decent people. You are not owners of Humanity. They are not reservoirs of our souls. Without our moai we are bodies, but without soul. We need him, he is our family
