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Pavlos Kapetanakis

Pavlos is project conservator of paper at the Brooklyn Museum. He joined the conservation department in 2008 to assist with the conservation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose, a unique papyrus artifact in the long - term installation The Mummy Chamber.

Fragment from Book of the Dead

IR and UV Examination of Egyptian Papyrus

Following Rachel’s previous discussion on pigments and inks used in our Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose, I will begin here…

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