King Tut’s coffin needs eight months of restoration work: The Antiquities Ministry has handed over Tutankhamun’s gold-plated sarcophagus to a team at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) for a restoration process that could take up to eight months, early restoration manager at the museum Eissa Zidan said at a press conference, according to Al Mal. The coffin was recently relocated from Tut’s tomb to the GEM, where it will be displayed alongside around 5,000 items belonging to the boy pharaoh. The Associated Press also has the story.