A professor at one of America’s highly ranked public research universities, Minnesota University, released a report regarding the wood pathologist who devoted a portion of his research to the wood-decaying fungi that has indulged in many of Egypt’s ancient wooden tombs. Combining archeology and mycology, Blanchett has dedicating his research to this fungi that has feasted on ancient wooden objects for four decades now. Even our priceless, oldest wooden objects. The university mentioned the ancient remains located in Abydos, the burial site of the god of the underworld. Blanchette asserted that wooden objects can still be rescued from these fungi by the use of chemicals that fill the gaps created by them.

Source: Egypt Independent April 23, 2019 15:22 UTC