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
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, Photography, Documentary, 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)
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, Photography, Documentary, 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)
Conservator working in tomb, on Broad Hall Near Right 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)
UV Light: Broad Hall Near Left, Menna receiving offerings, polychrome hieroglyphs indicating his title; Menna and Henuttawy (damaged) and their two daughters (Amenemweskhet and Nehmet); offerings; officials bowing to Menna; a man prostrating himself before Menna; chariot attendant; and a crop measurement surveyor
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, Inscriptions, Egyptian, Filial piety in art, Agriculture, Ancient, Scribes in art, Ceremonial objects, 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: Broad Hall Far Left, banqueters, Menna and Henuttawy with their sons (damaged from broad hall ceiling collapse), offerings, a tomb/shrine, and a sem-priest raising a nemset-jar for libation, while holding a censer before Menna and Henuttawy (seated)
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, Libations in art, 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: Broad Hall Far Left, banqueters, Menna and Henuttawy with their sons (damaged from broad hall ceiling collapse), offerings, a tomb/shrine, and a sem-priest raising a nemset-jar for libation, while holding a censer before Menna and Henuttawy (seated)
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, Libations in art, 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: Broad Hall Near Right, Menna (holding braziers) and Henuttawy before offerings, servant offering incense/scented fat and a duck billed spoon, deliberate damage to hieroglyphs above Menna, 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, Ceremonial objects, Inscriptions, Egyptian, 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)
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, Photography, Documentary, 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)
Long Hall Right: Menna (holding a sekhem-staff) and Henuttawy receiving offerings (without color chart)
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, Ceremonial objects, 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, burial procession leading to Imentet, a kneeling man on a skiff presenting an ox's heart, in front of him is Menna's widow, Anubis holding an Ankh and was-scepter, two women impersonating Isis and Nephthys, and sarcophagus being pulled
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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Deities, Ritual in art, Ceremonial objects, 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, Menna, Thoth, Horus, and Ma'at's head in the Weighing of the Heart scene, and Osiris wearing the Atef-crown in the Judgement of the Dead
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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Deities, Afterlife, 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)
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, Deities, 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)
Area on south side of sarcophagus box selected for test cleaning
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, 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 gaps
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, 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, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, 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, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Sarcophagus box assembly, west end, south side, showing board and clamps holding glued fragment group in place
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Nahed Samir carrying out test cleaning on sarcophagus lid (goddess painted decoration)
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Decoration and ornament, Ancient, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Test assembly of lid fragments on wooden platform, showing wooden supports
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Test assembly of lid fragments on wooden platform, looking north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Test assembly of lid fragments on wooden platform, looking south, showing wooden supports
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Assembly of south side of sarcophagus box, west half, view north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Assembly of south side of sarcophagus box, east half, view north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Assembly of south side of sarcophagus box, center, view north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Lotfi Khaled Hassan test cleaning on east end of sarcophagus box
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Assembly of fragments of south side of sarcophagus box including fragment discovered by Amarna Royal Tombs Project (lower), fragments on right side
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Edwin Brock checking fragment assemblies on temporary platform north of central pit, view north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Nahed Samir with sarcophagus box assembly and winch scaffolding on north platform, view north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
East end of sarcophagus box following initial test cleaning
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Detail of decoration on unmountable group from southwest end of sarcophagus box
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Detail of decoration on unmountable group from southwest end of sarcophagus box
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Dany Roy using winch to position fragment group on south side of sarcophagus box
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
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 Right, Voyage to Abydos, scenes from Opening of the mouth, and procession of 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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Ceremonial objects, Priests--Egypt, Ritual in art, 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 Right, Voyage to Abydos, scenes from Opening of the mouth, and procession of 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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Ceremonial objects, Priests--Egypt, Ritual in art, 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 Right, Voyage to Abydos, scenes from Opening of the mouth, and procession of 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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Ceremonial objects, Priests--Egypt, Ritual in art, 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)
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)
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)
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)
Foot and head ends of sarcophagus box, north platform, before erection of winch scaffolding, looking north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Assembled fragments of head and foot ends of sarcophagus box in burial chamber (north platform)
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Assembled fragments of northeast quarter of sarcophagus box floor, turned on north side, looking north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Assembled fragments of southeast quarter of sarcophagus box floor, turned on south side, looking south
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt