If you're afraid of the legendary curse of King Tutankhamen, be very, very glad that you're not one of several (unnamed) employees tasked with curating the pharaoh's priceless burial treasures at Cairo's Egyptian Museum. Through a series of unfortunate events, the iconic beard on the boy-king's golden funeral mask was broken off.

This is bad enough news in itself, but pressured from museum higher-ups to repair the damage quickly, curators botched the restoration effort by using a cheap white epoxy glue to stick the beard back on. The results? The ancient ruler of Egypt now has scratches on his ancient chin, a crooked beard with a nasty looking gap, and white glue visible at the seam—not exactly in keeping with an utterly irreplaceable treasure.

Possible Preaching Angle:

It does make for a good illustration though—aren't you glad that God's efforts to restore the whole world (and our lives) is undertaken with more care? Rather than sloppy jobs of restoration, God's work may take time. But he will always, miraculously leave things better than we found them.

Update (12-16-15): The gold funeral mask of King Tutankhamen has been returned to its home in the Egyptian Museum after eight weeks of delicate surgery to undo damage caused by a botched procedure to reattach the boy king’s blue-and-gold braided beard to his face, the country’s Ministry of Antiquities said in a statement.