(250913) -- CAIRO, Sept. 13, 2025 (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.
TO GO WITH "Feature: Guardians of time: conservators breathing life into Egypt's millennia-old treasures" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
