The paintings are not in as bad a condition as some have claimed

In the “Arts, Briefly” column of the March 27, 2018 issue of The New York Times, Jori Finkel wrote about the results of the nine year study conducted by the Getty Conservation Institute and the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities which assessed the condition of the frescos in King Tutankhamen’s tomb (“Getty Completes Study at King Tut’s Tomb”). The good news is that the black spots which were believed to be live microorganisms are dead and “the paintings are not in as bad a condition as some have claimed”.