Conservation and Documentation of the Wall Paintings at Red Monastery, Conservation and Documentation of St. Anthony Wall Paintings, Historic Cairo Architectural Mapping, Coptic Icons Documentation
UV Light: Broad Hall Far Right, the preliminary offering of the "Opening of the Mouth" ritual showing wab-priests and sem-priests, a man (most likely Se, Menna's son) presenting an offering, banqueters and offering bearers
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Ritual in art, Filial piety in art, Ceremonial objects, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Priests--Egypt, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
UV Light: Long Hall Left, space between the Fishing and Fowling scene and Voyage to Abydos
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
UV Light: Long Hall Left, space between the Fishing and Fowling scene and Voyage to Abydos
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
UV Light: Long Hall Left, Henuttawy (holding lotus flowers) holding Menna while he fishes
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Wildlife-related recreation, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
UV Light: Long Hall Left, space between the Fishing and Fowling scene and Voyage to Abydos
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
Conservators working in tomb, on Long Hall Left wall
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 18th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Personnel, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Mural painting and decoration, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Mural painting and decoration, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Sarcophagus box assembly, south side, showing board and clamps holding glued
fragment group in place and fiberglass support rods in gap
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Inscriptions, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Southeast corner of sarcophagus box assembly showing fiberglass support rods in
gaps
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Inscriptions, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
North side of burial chamber with re-assembled sarcophagus box
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Inscriptions, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Sarcophagus box assembly north side, looking southeast
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Inscriptions, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
South side of re-assembled sarcophagus box, looking north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Inscriptions, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Sarcophagus box assembly north side, looking southeast
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Inscriptions, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Inscriptions, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
ARCE staff visit to work site, viewing lid assembly, box assembly in view
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Mural painting and decoration, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquites, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Overview of assembled sarcophagus box sides in burial chamber on limestone base with visible decoration and unmounted sarcophagus fragments on display rack
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Mural painting and decoration, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Overview of assembled sarcophagus box sides in burial chamber on limestone base with visible decoration and unmounted sarcophagus fragments on display rack
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Mural painting and decoration, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Close-up of assembled sarcophagus proper right side, fragment with ba-bird with human arms raised in adoration, standing on an oval containing a mummiform figure in sandbox
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt